A comprehensive analysis and comparison between Multilevel Space-Vector Modulation and Multilevel Carrier-Based PWM

Author

Sourkounis, Constantinos ; Al-Diab, Ahmad

Author_Institution

Res. Group for Power Syst. Technol., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1710

Lastpage

1715

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis and a comparison of multilevel three-phase inverters based PWM modulators. Two different PWM strategies are used to turn on and off the switching devices, multilevel space vector modulation and multilevel carrier based modulation. The performance characteristics regarding the harmonic contents, switching losses and conduction losses have been computed. These characteristics have been determined for a 10 KW three-level diode-clamped inverter supplying a 230 V, 11 A, 4% Inductive inner impedance of the grid through a simulation program to validate the proposed approaches.

Keywords

PWM invertors; harmonic distortion; switching convertors; conduction losses; current 11 A; harmonic contents; multilevel carrier based modulation; multilevel carrier-based PWM; multilevel space vector modulation; multilevel space-vector modulation; multilevel three-phase inverters; power 10 kW; pulse width modulation; switching devices; switching losses; three-level diode-clamped inverter; voltage 230 V; Algorithm design and analysis; Power system analysis computing; Power system control; Power system transients; Pulse width modulation inverters; Space vector pulse width modulation; Support vector machines; Switching loss; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage control; Carrier Based Modulation (CBPWM); Diode-Clamped Inverter; Space Vector Modulation (SVM); Total Harmonic Distortion (THD);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2008. EPE-PEMC 2008. 13th

Conference_Location

Poznan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1741-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1742-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPEMC.2008.4635513

Filename

4635513