Title :
Performance comparison of a two-level and three-level inverter permanent magnet synchronous machine drives for HEV application
Author :
Masisi, Lesedi ; Choudhury, Alamgir ; Pillay, Pragasen ; Williamson, Sheldon
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
This paper investigates the performance of a two level and a three level inverter drives for a permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) under different switching frequencies. The experiments were conducted via a real time based system called Opal-RT. The inverters were operated at 1 kHz and 5 kHz switching frequencies. The torque was varied between 2 N.m and 4 N.m at a constant speed of 800 rpm. However the torque ripples and the copper losses between the two inverter drives were similar and the copper losses were independant of the swicthing frequency. At 5 kHz inverter switching frequency the two level inverter performed better at 4 N.m with a total current harmonic distortion of 2.55% and a torque ripple of 10%. However overall the three level inverter had low voltage and current harmonic distortion which translates to lower iron losses. Swicthing at 5 kHz frequency showed to have lower overall harmonic distortion than at 1 kHz for both inverters. The greater the capcitor voltage error the more the torque ripples even though the machine registered lower current total harmonic distortion for the three level inverter.
Keywords :
harmonic distortion; hybrid electric vehicles; invertors; permanent magnet motors; synchronous motor drives; HEV application; Opal-RT; PMSM; copper losses; current harmonic distortion; frequency 1 kHz; frequency 5 kHz; hybrid electric vehicles; permanent magnet synchronous machine; switching frequencies; three level inverter drives; torque ripples; two level inverter drives; Capacitors; Equations; Inverters; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Switching frequency; Torque; Electric drive; hybrid electric vehicles; switching frequency; three-level inverter; torque ripples; total harmonic distortion (THD); vector control;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vienna
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2013.6700340