• DocumentCode
    1447715
  • Title

    Survey on Fault Operation on Multilevel Inverters

  • Author

    Lezana, Pablo ; Pou, Josep ; Meynard, Thierry A. ; Rodriguez, Jose ; Ceballos, Salvador ; Richardeau, Frédéric

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Ing. Electr., Univ. Tec. Federico Santa Maria, Valparaíso, Chile
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2207
  • Lastpage
    2218
  • Abstract
    This paper is related to faults that can appear in multilevel (ML) inverters, which have a high number of components. This is a subject of increasing importance in high-power inverters. First, methods to identify a fault are classified and briefly described for each topology. In addition, a number of strategies and hardware modifications that allow for operation in faulty conditions are also presented. As a result of the analyzed works, it can be concluded that ML inverters can significantly increase their availability and are able to operate even with some faulty components.
  • Keywords
    fault diagnosis; invertors; ML inverters; fault operation; faulty conditions; high-power inverters; multilevel inverters; Fault diagnosis; fault tolerance; multilevel (ML) converters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0046
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIE.2009.2032194
  • Filename
    5256213