Neutral-point balancing of neutral-point-clamped three-level inverter with a front end switched rectifier DC source for the full modulationn range

Kumar, Siva K and Sukumar, D and Gopakumar, K and Mondal, G and Corzine, K (2009) Neutral-point balancing of neutral-point-clamped three-level inverter with a front end switched rectifier DC source for the full modulationn range. In: IET Power Electronics, 2 (5). pp. 527-534.

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Abstract

A switched rectifier DC voltage source three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converter topology is proposed here to alleviate the inverter from capacitor voltage balancing in three-level drive systems. The proposed configuration requires only one DC link with a voltage of half of that needed in a conventional NPC inverter. To obtain a rated DC link voltage, the rectifier DC source is alternately connected in parallel to one of the two series capacitors using two switches and two diodes with device voltage ratings of half the total DC bus voltage. The frequency at which the voltage source is switched is independent of the inverter and will not affect its operation since the switched voltage source in this configuration balances the capacitors automatically. The proposed configuration can also be used as a conventional two-level inverter in the lower modulation index range, thereby increasing the reliability of the drivesystem. A space-vector-based PWM scheme is used to verify this proposed topology on a laboratory system.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IET Power Electronics
Publisher:	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electronic Systems Engineering (Formerly Centre for Electronic Design & Technology)
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2010 08:34
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:00
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27256

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