Analysis and Compensation of Inverter Nonlinearity for Three-Level T-Type Inverters
- Authors
- Kim, Hyeon-Sik; Kwon, Yong-Cheol; Chee, Seung-Jun; Sul, Seung-Ki
- Issue Date
- Jun-2017
- Publisher
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
- Keywords
- Even-order harmonics; inverter nonlinearity; narrow pulse; neutral point (NP) voltage control; offset voltage; pulse shaping and skipping; three-level topology; T-type inverter
- Citation
- IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, v.32, no.6, pp.4970 - 4980
- Journal Title
- IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS
- Volume
- 32
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 4970
- End Page
- 4980
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/80342
- DOI
- 10.1109/TPEL.2016.2607226
- ISSN
- 0885-8993
- Abstract
- This paper addresses the inverter nonlinearity of a three-level T-type inverter. The main causes of the nonlinearity are pulse shaping, pulse skipping due to narrow pulses for the dead time, and voltage drop of the switching devices. Although the same causes have existed in two-level inverters, the pulse skipping phenomenon and results are quite different in the case of the three-level T-type inverter. The effects of pulse shaping and skipping have been investigated and discussed. In addition, the voltage drop of the switching devices has been considered in conjunction with the conduction path of the T-type inverter. Compensation methods based on the pulse width modulation (PWM) of T-type inverter to alleviate the inverter nonlinearity have been proposed from research results. The proposed methods could be easily implemented by adding appropriate offset voltages to the voltage references of the inverter in PWM. Furthermore, a neutral voltage balancing method of a three-level T-type inverter has been proposed in conjunction with the proposed PWM methods using offset voltage. Through extensive experimental tests, the fifth-and seventh-harmonic components of the current are conspicuously reduced along with the even harmonics. The neutral voltage of the inverter can be balanced effectivelywith the proposed offset voltage adjustments as well.
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