Twenty years of PWM AC drives: when secondary issues become primary concerns

Author

Kerkman, Russel J.

Author_Institution

Allen-Bradley Co., Rockwell Automation, Mequon, WI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

5-10 Aug 1996

Abstract

With major control and power module advances incorporated in third generation AC adjustable speed drives (ASD), industry interest has shifted to applications and secondary issues. The paper traces the rise of secondary issues to primary concerns. Among the secondary issues discussed are: effects of high dv/dt on system performance, motor terminal overvoltages with long cables, and the contribution of pulse width modulated (PWM) voltage source inverters to bearing currents

Keywords

AC motor drives; PWM invertors; machine bearings; machine control; overvoltage; power cables; variable speed drives; AC adjustable speed drives; PWM AC drives; PWM voltage source inverters; bearing currents; control advances; high dv/dt effects; long cables; motor terminal overvoltages; power module advances; secondary issues; AC generators; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Multichip modules; Power generation; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation inverters; Surges; System performance; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control, and Instrumentation, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE IECON 22nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2775-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1996.570890

Filename

570890