scholarly journals Mitigation of Common Mode Voltage Issues in Electric Vehicle Drive Systems by Means of an Alternative AC-Decoupling Power Converter Topology

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 3349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endika Robles ◽  
Markel Fernandez ◽  
Edorta Ibarra ◽  
Jon Andreu ◽  
Iñigo Kortabarria
Keyword(s):  
Power Converters ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
High Switching Frequency ◽  
Three Phase

Electric vehicles (EV) are gaining popularity due to current environmental concerns. The electric drive, which is constituted by a power converter and an electric machine, is one of the main elements of the EV. Such machines suffer from common mode voltage (CMV) effects. The CMV introduces leakage currents through the bearings, leading to premature failures and reducing the propulsion system life cycles. As future EV power converters will rely on wide bandgap semiconductors with high switching frequency operation, CMV problems will become more prevalent, making the research on CMV mitigation strategies more relevant. A variety of CMV reduction methods can be found in the scientific literature, such as the inclusion of dedicated filters and the implementation of specific modulation techniques. However, alternative power converter topologies can also be introduced for CMV mitigation. The majority of such power converters for CMV mitigation are single-phase topologies intended for photovoltaic applications; thus, solutions in the form of three-phase topologies that could be applied to EVs are very limited. Considering all these, this paper proposes alternative three-phase topologies that could be exploited in EV applications. Their performance is compared with other existing proposals, providing a clear picture of the available alternatives, emphasizing their merits and drawbacks. From this comprehensive study, the benefits of a novel AC-decoupling topology is demonstrated. Moreover, an adequate modulation technique is also investigated in order to exploit the benefits of this topology while considering a trade-off between CMV mitigation, efficiency, and total harmonic distortion (THD). In order to extend the results of the study close to the real application, the performance of the proposed AC-decoupling topology is simulated using a complete and accurate EV model (including vehicle dynamics and a detailed propulsion system model) by means of state-of-the-art digital real-time simulation.

scholarly journals SVPWM Method for Multilevel Indirect Matrix Converter with Eliminate Common Mode Voltage

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1342
Author(s):  
Nguyen Dinh Tuyen ◽  
Le Minh Phuong
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Matrix Converter ◽  
Modulation Method ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Sinusoidal Input ◽  
Bidirectional Power Flow

The multilevel indirect matrix converter (IMC) is a merit of power converter for feeding a three-phase load from three-phase power supply because it has several attractive features such as: Sinusoidal input/output currents, bidirectional power flow, long lifetime due to the absence of bulky electrolytic capacitors. As compared to the conventional IMC, the multilevel IMC provides high output performance by increasing the level of output voltage. In this paper, the novel approach topology of multilevel IMC by using the combination of the cascaded rectifier and the three-level T-Type inverter is introduced. Furthermore, the new space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) method for the presented multilevel IMC that eliminate the common-mode voltage is proposed in this paper. The simulation study is carried out in PSIM software to verify the proposed modulation method. Then, an experimental system is built using a three-phase RL load, a multilevel IMC, a DSP controller board and other elements to verify the effectiveness of the proposed modulation method. Some simulation and experimental results are illustrated to confirm the theory analysis.

scholarly journals Common-Mode Reduction SVPWM for Three-Phase Motor Fed by Two-Level Voltage Source Inverter

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3884
Author(s):  
Jian Zheng ◽  
Mingcheng Lyu ◽  
Shengqing Li ◽  
Qiwu Luo ◽  
Keyuan Huang
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Voltage Source Inverter ◽  
Large Magnitude ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
Three Phase

Aiming at the problem of large magnitude and high frequency of common-mode voltage (CMV) when space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) is used in a three-phase motor fed by a two-level voltage source inverter, a common-mode reduction SVPWM (CMRSVPWM) is studied. In this method, six new sectors are obtained by rotating six sectors of conventional SVPWM by 30°. In odd-numbered sectors, only three non-zero vectors with odd subscripts are used for synthesis, while in even-numbered sectors, only three non-zero vectors with even subscripts are used for synthesis. The actuation durations of three non-zero vectors in each switching period in each sector are given. Simulation and experimental results show that, compared with the conventional SVPWM, the CMV magnitude of CMRSVPWM is reduced by 66.67% and the CMV frequency of CMRSVPWM is reduced from the original switching frequency to the triple fundamental frequency. At the same time, the current, torque and speed of the motor are still good.

scholarly journals Efficient FPSoC Prototyping of FCS-MPC for Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverters

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Zafra ◽  
Sergio Vazquez ◽  
Hipolito Guzman Miranda ◽  
Juan A. Sanchez ◽  
Abraham Marquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Signal Processor ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Digital Controllers ◽  
Voltage Source Inverters ◽  
High Switching Frequency ◽  
Three Phase

This work describes an efficient implementation in terms of computation time and resource usage in a Field-Programmable System-On-Chip (FPSoC) of a Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control (FCS-MPC) algorithm. As an example, the FCS-MPC implementation is used for the current reference tracking of a two-level three-phase power converter. The proposed solution is an enabler for using both complex control algorithms and digital controllers for high switching frequency semiconductor technologies. An original HW/SW (hardware and software) system architecture for an FPSoC is designed to take advantage of a modern operating system, while removing time uncertainty in real-time software tasks, and exploiting dedicated FPGA fabric for the most complex computations. In addition, two different architectures for the FPGA-implemented functionality are proposed and compared in order to study the area-speed trade-off. Experimental results show the feasibility of the proposed implementation, which achieves a speed hundreds of times faster than the conventional Digital Signal Processor (DSP)-based control platform.

scholarly journals Opposite Triangle Carrier with SVPWM for Common-Mode Voltage Reduction in Dual Three Phase Motor Drives

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 282
Author(s):  
Seon-Ik Hwang ◽  
Jang-Mok Kim
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Motor Drives ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Pwm Inverter ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
Voltage Vector ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
The Common ◽  
Zero Voltage

The common-mode voltage (CMV) generated by the switching operation of the pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter leads to bearing failure and electromagnetic interference (EMI) noises. To reduce the CMV, it is necessary to reduce the magnitude of dv/dt and change the frequency of the CMV. In this paper, the range of the CMV is reduced by using opposite triangle carrier for ABC and XYZ winding group, and the change in frequency in the CMV is reduced by equalizing the dwell time of the zero voltage vector on ABC and XYZ winding group of dual three phase motor.

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