Improvements in voltage source PWM converter for induction motor drive system with chopper

Author

Tawada, Makoto ; Matsui, Keiju

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chubu Univ., Kasugai, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

775

Abstract

The purpose of the work in this paper is to improve the characteristics of the three-phase voltage source PWM converter. In this type of converter, the input current waveform is controlled by a PWM converter using an optimum fixed voltage modulation factor, where the input current waveform takes an optimum value. The input voltage of the inverter is adjusted by the chopper circuit. When the voltage modulation factor is extended to the over-modulation region in a three-phase voltage source PWM converter, the number of switching operations is much reduced, which is advantageous for larger capacities. With respect to the distortion factor of the input current in the PWM converter, the characteristics do not deteriorate, even in the over-modulation region at about a=1.6 to 1.8 or so. The results are discussed and shown to be applicable to a PWM converter/inverter system for induction motor drives

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; PWM invertors; choppers (circuits); harmonic distortion; induction motor drives; machine testing; power conversion harmonics; chopper circuit; fixed voltage modulation factor; induction motor drive; input current distortion factor; input current waveform; invertor input voltage; over-modulation region; switching operations; three-phase PWM VSI; voltage source PWM converter; Choppers; Circuits; Induction generators; Induction motor drives; Power system harmonics; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Voltage control; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2001. Proceedings. ISIE 2001. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pusan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7090-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2001.931566

Filename

931566