Impact of Dead Time on Inverter Input Current, DC-Link Dynamics, and Light-Load Instability in Rectifier-Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives

Guha, Anirudh and Narayanan, G (2018) Impact of Dead Time on Inverter Input Current, DC-Link Dynamics, and Light-Load Instability in Rectifier-Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives. In: International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), JUN 22-24, 2016, Capri, ITALY, pp. 1414-1424.

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Abstract

The effect of inverter dead time on the inverter output voltage is well studied in the literature. This paper studies the effect of the dead time on the inverter input current. An expression for the switching-cycle-averaged inverter input current including the dead time effect is derived, which shows the dead time effect to primarily result in a reduction in the average value of the inverter dc input current. The effect of dead time on the input current is incorporated into the dc-link dynamic model of a diode-bridge-rectifier (DBR) fed voltage source inverter (VSI). A switching-cycle-average model of a DBR-VSI-fed induction motor is proposed, which considers the effect of dead time on both the ac output voltage and dc input current of the VSI. The proposed average model is used to study the light-load instability phenomenon in a 100-kW open-loop motor drive. The proposed model is shown to predict the region of oscillatory behavior (i.e., region exhibiting light-load instability) with better accuracy than existing average models. The proposed model also accurately predicts the dc-link voltage swing at such oscillatory operating points. While being comparable in accuracy in predicting the system dynamics, the proposed model is much more computationally efficient than the state-of-the-art switching model. The validity of the proposed average model is also confirmed by experimental measurements on a 100-kW induction motor drive.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Publication:	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belong to IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2018 20:09
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2018 20:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/59584

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