一种改进的二极管箝位型多电平变换器拓扑

多电平电路在高压大功率领域的拓展受到其复杂电路拓扑的制约,因此近年来不断有新型多电平电路结构被提出。本文在传统多电平逆变器拓扑结构的基础上,提出了一种新型单相七电平电压源逆变器拓扑。新型电路拓扑是在传统的单相全桥五电平箝位二极管电路基础上,增加了两个开关器件,利用10个开关器件以及4个箝位二极管产生了7种不同的电平输出。详细分析了该逆变器的拓扑结构,给出了PWM控制策略。最后通过仿真实验验证了这种拓扑的可行性。该逆变器对传统箝位二极管逆变器在结构上做出了优化。     

逆变器载波PWM方法的研究

多电平逆变器具有输出容量大、输出电压高、电流谐波含量小等优点,广泛应用于高速动车组、中高压变频调速、电力系统有源滤波等方面。文章对三电平二极管中点箝位式逆变器的中点电位平衡问题进行了分析,讨论了几种常用的载波PWM方法,并在此基础上提出了一种新的将相位偏移、注入零序分量相结合的PWM法。仿真结果证明新方法有良好的中点电位控制能力及输出电压谐波特性。     

二极管箝位型五电平逆变器电容电压平衡域的研究

本文分析了二极管箝位型多电平逆变器在全负载范围内的电容电压平衡问题。首先，在五电平逆变器数学模型的基础上，对电容电压平衡规律进行分析；然后详细研究了逆变器开关切换规则与PWM控制策略，进一步提出采用目标函数最优的方法对可行开关序列寻优，实现电容电压平衡控制。仿真分析得出了全负载范围内的电容电压平衡域曲线。结果表明，在高功率因数和大调制比下，电容电压很难达到动态平衡，五电平逆变器无法直接应用于全速度范围的中压交流调速领域。     

基于TMS320F2812的三电平逆变器载波调制方法研究

主要对二极管箝位型三电平逆变器的拓扑与控制进行了研究,并以此作为进一步研究的基础,对三电平NPC逆变器的载波同相层叠和反相层叠PWM控制方法进行了分析,同时对两种载波层叠方式下输出电压的谐波特性进行了比较,分析了其工作机理和调制算法,在此基础上对基于三角载波层叠式调制算法的实现进行了改进,然后利用Matlab/Simulink仿真软件实现了调制算法的仿真验证,给出了基于先进TMS320F2812DSP设计改进的三角载波层叠式调制方法的控制程序。结果表明,该调制算法非常适用于新型DSP数字化控制软件的实现,控制性能稳定,能获得带死区功能的控制脉冲。     

有源箝位逆变器中点电压平衡控制研究

针对有源箝位三电平逆变器的特点,提出无差拍控制和新型载波调制方法,实现其电流快速跟踪控制和中点电位振荡抑制,而且,为了解决有源箝位三电平逆变器的开关损耗不均问题,提出一种载波输出方法,实现开关管损耗均衡控制,仿真和实验结果验证了提出新型无差拍控制和调制方法能够很好的跟踪给定电流、中点电位振荡和开关损耗均衡控制。     

一种用于三电平逆变器的SVPWM调制方法研究

本文从二极管箝位型三电平逆变器的基本结构出发，分析其输出状态，推导出六角形空间电压矢量图。然后从一种改进的，可以减小开关损耗，避免高的dv／dt三电平空间矢量PWM调制策略出发，建立了基于Matlab的详细仿真方案，验证了方案的可行性。文章给出了扇区判断的算法流程图，脉冲生成模块的内部结构图，其中的扇区判断的算法和脉冲生成方法对于用DSP实现三电平SVPWM具有重要的参考价值。     

基于DSP-CPLD的三电平逆变器SVPWM方法研究

三电平中点箝位逆变器在高压大容量变频调速中得到了广泛的研究和应用,文中对二极管箝位型三电平逆变器的控制系统进行研究并介绍采用CPLD与DSP的组合来实现三电平逆变器空间矢量发生的一个方法。这种方法可以控制中点电位平衡,限制输出电压dw／dt。试验结果体现了该方法的可行性。     

基于中点电荷预估控制的三电平PWM整流器研究

研究了二极管箝位型三电平PWM整流器的基本原理,针对直流侧存在中点电位不平衡问题,提出了一种基于中点电荷预估控制的中点电位控制算法。建立了电网电压定向下三电平PWM整流器在d-q坐标系的数学模型,推导了平衡因子的精确计算方程,在简化三电平SVPWM算法的基础上,搭建了基于MATLAB的仿真模型,并进行了仿真研究,仿真结果验证了该算法的正确性和有效性。     

基于TMS320F240的三电平逆变器SVPWM实现

在两电平的常规空间矢量PWM算法的基础上，给出了三电平空间矢量PWM算法，并提出一种改进的三电平空间矢量PWM调制策略来进行二极管钳位型三电平逆变器的控制，从而实现最小开关损耗。基于TMS320F240 USP实现了三电平逆变系统的数字控制，实验结果论证了该方案的可行性。     

二极管箝位级联多电平变换器仿真研究

级联多电平变换器和二极管箝位多电平变换器是现今研究较多并且实用性较强的两种多电平拓年结构。本文将结合这两种拓扑结构，研究了一种新型的二极管箝位级联多电平变换器，其思想是将数个二极管箝位变换器模型串起来，其输出电压是通过合成每个二极管箝位变换器的输出电压而形成的。文中彩用了消谐波PWM法作种新型拓扑的调制策略，并用对这种变换器进行了住址研究。最后本文给出了相关分析结论。     

Multilevel PWM methods at low modulation indices

When utilized at low amplitude modulation indices, existing multilevel carrier-based PWM strategies have no special provisions for this operating region, and several levels of the inverter go unused. This paper proposes some novel multilevel PWM strategies to take advantage of the multiple levels in both a diode-clamped inverter and a cascaded H-bridges inverter by utilizing all of the levels in the inverter even at low modulation indices. Simulation results show what effects the different strategies have on the active device utilization. A prototype 6-level diode-clamped inverter and an 11-level cascaded H-bridges inverter have been built and controlled with the novel PWM strategies proposed in this paper     

Five-stepped PWM inverter used in photovoltaic systems

A PWM (pulse-width-modulated) inverter that has five-stepped output-voltage levels is introduced. In this inverter, the waveform of the output voltage has a smaller harmonic content than that of a conventional PWM inverter. A novel PWM technique is analyzed. The PWM pulses included in the waveform of the output voltage are formed using a criterion based on the calculation that each area of voltage pulses is equal to the integrated value of each time shared area of a reference sinusoidal waveform. This PWM technique for the five-stepped PWM inverter is superior to the conventional PWM technique, and the experimental results coincided with the calculation obtained using the fast Fourier transform. In addition, the relations between the number of PWM pulses and the harmonic contents of the output voltage are described     

Minimum-loss vector PWM strategy for three-phase inverters

A novel vector PWM method for three-phase voltage-controlled inverters is described. The so-called minimum-loss vector PWM (MLVPWM) strategy is characterized by the minimum amount of switching losses incurred in the inverter switches. Comparative analysis proving superiority of the MLVPWM technique over the existing regular-sampling PWM methods, and results of experimental investigation of a prototype modulator are presented     

PWM methods to handle time delay in digital control of a UPS inverter

With the popularity of micro-processors, digital controllers are widely used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) inverters. These digital control systems of UPS inverters require a time interval for sampling and computation, which sometimes affects the performance of inverters. In this paper, the problem of time delay in digital control of a UPS inverter is discussed. Then two novel pulsewidth modulation (PWM) methods, the two-polarity PWM method and the asymmetric PWM method, are proposed to handle the time-delay problem. Both of these PWM methods can achieve a wide range of duty ratio between 0.05-0.95, which is independent of inverter model. Furthermore, they are easy to implement using a digital micro-controller. Experimental results are presented in the paper to verify feasibility of the proposed PWM methods.     

Single-chip microcomputer control of the inverter by the magneticflux control PWM method [machine control]

Single-chip microcomputer control of a pulsewidth-modulated (PWM) inverter for motor drive applications is presented. The PWM pattern generation and the system control of the inverter are achieved by software of the 8-bit single-chip microcomputer. The single-chip microcomputer has a low processing speed and small memory capacity, disadvantages that can be overcome by the magnetic flux control PWM method. The PWM pattern is generated every 90 μs. The memory capacity of the PWM look-up table is less than 2 kbytes. Experimental results show that the motor performances are the same as that of the multichip triangular-sinewave PWM inverter     

A High Performance AC Servo System with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

A high performance ac servo system with permanent magnet synchronous motor, including a field-weakening control and a high-speed current response control of PWM inverter is proposed. For the field weakening, the d-axis armature current is adequately controlled through a microprocessor. The novel current control scheme of PWM inverter includes the motor neutral point potential stabilization and the switching carrier frequency equalization.     

Novel rotor position extraction based on carrier frequency component method (CFCM) using two reference frames for IPM drives

In this paper a novel interior permanent-magnet (IPM) motor's rotor position extraction method from the carrier-frequency component signal, derived from pulsewidth-modulated (PWM) inverter switching, using two reference frames is presented. This method has been utilized for IPM motor vector control without a mechanical rotor position detector, extracting rotor position angle from the switching carrier-frequency (10 kHz) component current. It is effective for IPM motors, which have magnetic saliency, sinusoidal distributed stator winding, and are supplied by a PWM voltage-source inverter. The performance of two IPM motors' vector control without mechanical rotor position detector utilizing this method has been investigated. Experimental results demonstrating good dynamic and steady-state performance achieved are presented and discussed.     

A novel approach to practical matrix converter motor drive system with reverse blocking IGBT

This paper proposes a novel control strategy and a protection circuit and shows the advantage of utilizing a newly developed reverse blocking insulated gate bipolar transistor (RB-IGBT), to solve several practical problems of the matrix converter. The proposed control strategy is based on a virtual indirect control method with a virtual rectifier and a virtual inverter. Pulse-width modulated (PWM) pulses for the matrix converter are obtained by combining PWM pulses for the virtual rectifier and inverter. As a result, the control part of the input current and output voltage can be clearly separated. Thus, the conventional inverter control algorithms can be applied to the virtual inverter control. The advantage of this method is confirmed by experimental results with a 22-kW induction motor drive system. Good sinusoidal waveforms are obtained for the input and output currents, and the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the input and output current are 5.1% and 1.4%, respectively. The conduction loss of the RB-IGBT is decreased to about two-thirds of the conventional ac switch with series connection diode. Thus, the converter loss is about a half to the conventional PWM rectifier-inverter system with the same capacity. Furthermore, the protection problem is solved by a dynamic clamp method without an electrolytic capacitor. This protection circuit directly dissipates reactive load energy by dynamic clamp operation of an IGBT.     

A centroid-based PWM switching technique for full-bridge inverterapplications

A novel centroid-based pulse-width-modulation (PWM) switching strategy is proposed which is suitable for full-bridge inverter applications. This method is evaluated, and its performance is compared with existing PWM switching strategies. The performance evaluation and comparison are based on the total harmonic distortion (THD) and number of pulses per cycle of the inverter output waveform. The objective of the new switching strategy is to minimize both the THD and low-order harmonics. Simulation results show that this technique yields a significant improvement in performance. In addition, a hybrid switching sequence is developed for the proposed scheme, which can lead to further reduction in switching losses     

Optimal PWM design for high power three-level inverter throughcomparative studies

Comparative studies between harmonic elimination and optimal PWM strategies are given for high power three-level inverter feeding an induction motor. An effective PWM map construction method based on the valid region on the frequency modulation index plane is suggested. Thereby, an optimal map including asynchronous space vector PWM, harmonic elimination and optimal PWM method is generated covering all of the low, middle and high modulation index regions. The PWM map was designed for 1 MVA rated general purpose GTO inverter and implemented with a digital signal processor. Experimental results are presented for 10 kVA prototype