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Page 1: 12-sided polygonal voltage space vector structure for induction motor drive By Prof. K. Gopakumar CEDT, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

12-sided polygonal voltage space vector structure for induction motor

drive

ByProf. K. Gopakumar

CEDT, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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CEDT, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE, INDIA 2

Motivation for the present research.

Some of the schemes to be presented Hybrid space vector PWM strategy in linear and over-modulation

region involving hexagonal and 12-sided polygonal space vector structure.

Development of two concentric 12-sided polygons using conventional 3-level inverters with capacitor balancing.

Further refinement of the above space vector structure into multiple 12-sided polygons with conventional 3-level inverters.

Discussion on experimental verification of the above schemes Steady state operation. Transient results with motor accelerated upto rated speed with

open-loop V/f control Harmonic performance of phase voltage and phase current under

these conditions

Conclusion

Flow of presentation

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CEDT, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE, INDIA 3

Current Technology- Multilevel inverters

• Multi level inverters are popular for high power drives because of low switching losses and low harmonic distortion in the output voltage.

• In conventional structure ,voltage vectors lie on the vertices of a hexagon. So in the extreme modulation range there is a possibility of producing (6n±1) harmonics in the phase current waveform.

•With low switching frequency for high power drives, the (6n±1) harmonics in the current waveform can produce torque pulsation in the drive . The problem is particularly severe in over-modulation region where the (6n±1) harmonics constitute a major portion of the total current.

• In this respect polygonal voltage space vector structures with

sides more than six, is very desirable for high power drives.

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CEDT, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE, INDIA 4

Proposed research schemes

• A 12-sided polygonal space vector structure for IM drive has already been proposed using conventional 2-level inverters. This has the advantage of eliminating all (6n±1) harmonics in the phase

current waveform throughout the modulating range. However, one drawback of the scheme is the high dv/dt stress on the devices, since each inverter switches between the vertex of the 12-sided polygon and the zero vector at the centre.

• In the proposed work, a multilevel inverter topology is described which produces a hexagonal space vector structure in lower-modulation region and a 12-sided polygonal space vector structure in the higher modulation region.

• In another scheme, a multilevel voltage space vector structure with vectors on the 12-sided polygon is generated by feeding an open-end winding IM drive by two three level inverters.

•In a third scheme, a high resolution PWM technique is proposed involving multiple 12-sided polygonal space vector structure, that can generate highly sinusoidal voltages at a reduced switching frequency.

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A Hybrid Space Vector PWM involving Hexagonal and 12-sided

polygonal voltage space vector structures

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CEDT, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE, INDIA 6

Topology of a multilevel inverter for generation of 12-sided polygonal voltage space vector

R-phase

Pole voltage Level S11 S21 S31

1.366kVdc 3 1 1 1

1.0kVdc 2 0 1 1

0.366kVdc 1 1 0 1

0Vdc 0 1 0 0

• Consists of three cascaded 2-level inverters.

• The switch status for different levels of pole voltage are shown below. These are defined with respect to the lower rail of the dc bus.

Switch status for different levels of pole voltage

A

O

B

D

C

Pole voltage of overall inverter-vAO

Pole voltage of INV3- vBO

Pole voltage of INV2-vAB

Pole voltage of INV1-vCD

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Transformer connection for generation of 12-sided polygonal voltage space vector

•Asymmetrical DC-links are easily realized by a combination of star-delta transformers, since 0.634kVdc=√3 x 0.366kVdc.

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Voltage space vector structure of the proposed scheme

• Consists of four concentric hexagonal structures with different radii (0.366kVdc, 0.634kVdc, 1kVdc and 1.366kVdc)

• Operates in the inner hexagons at lower voltage to retain the advantages of multilevel inverter like low switching frequency.

• At higher voltage, the outermost hexagon and the 12-sided polygonal space vector structure is used resulting in highly suppressed 5th and 7th order harmonics.

• The leads to 12-step operation at rated voltage operation, leading to the complete elimination of 6n±1 harmonics. (n=odd) from the phase voltage.

End of linear modulation

OE: 1.225kVdc

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•The modulation index (m), is defined as the ratio of the length of the reference vector to the length of the radius of the 12-sided polygon which extends upto 0.965 in linear modulation range and is equal to 1 at 12-step operation.

•The total dc link voltage for the inverter is 1.366kVdc and the radius of the 12-sided polygon is 1.225kVdc. If the radius of the 12-sided polygonal space vector structure is equal to the radius of a conventional hexagonal space vector structure, then the value of ‘k’ is taken as 1/1.225=0.816.

•For k = 0.816, the maximum phase voltage available in linear modulation is 0.637Vdc and equal to 0.658Vdc in 12-step mode of operation.

• For comparison purpose, if the maximum fundamental voltage available in 6-step mode and 12-step mode are made equal to 0.637Vdc, then ‘k’ is to be chosen as 0.789.

•For k = 0.789, in 12-sided polygonal structure, the maximum phase voltage available in linear modulation is 0.615Vdc and equal to 0.637Vdc in 12-step mode of operation. There is an increase in linear modulation range.

Some additional points on generation of space vectors

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Modulating waveform

• The modulating waveform for phase-A for 35Hz operation (linear modulation range) is shown.

• The modulating waveform is synchronized with the start of the sector (sampling interval is always a multiple of twelve).

• Because of asymmetric voltage levels, three asymmetric synchronized triangles are used; their amplitudes are in the ratio 0.366:0.634:0.366.

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Switching sequence analysis

• Three pole voltages are shown for a 60 degree interval at 35Hz operation.

•In ‘A’ phase the voltage level fluctuate between levels ‘3 ’ and ‘2 ’, and in ‘C’ phase the voltage level fluctuates between levels ‘1 ’ and ‘0 ’.

• The sequence in which the switches are operated are as follows: (200), (210), (211), (311), (321), (311), (211), (210), (211), (311), (321), (211), (221), (321), (221), (210), (220), (221), (321), (331), (221), (220), where the numbers in brackets indicate the level of voltage.

• This sequence corresponds to 2

samples per sector.

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Experimental Setup

•A digital signal processor (DSP), TMS320LF2812 is used for experimental verification.

•For different levels of output in the pole voltage, three carriers are required. However, it is difficult to synthesize three carrier waves in the DSP, as such only one carrier is used and the modulating wave is appropriately scaled and level shifted.

• A 3.7kW induction motor was fed by the proposed inverter operating under open loop constant V/f control at no load. The motor was made to run under no load in order to show the effect of changing PWM patterns of the generated voltage on the motor current, particularly during transient conditions.

•In order to keep the overall switching frequency within 1 KHz, number of samples is decided as follow:Upto 20 Hz operation: 4 samples per sector.20 Hz-40 Hz: 2 samples per sector.Beyond 40 Hz: 1 sample per sector-extending up to final 12-step mode. Individual inverters are switched less than half of the total cycle.

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Experimental results-Operation at 10 Hz

Pole voltage waveforms

Phase voltage and current waveforms

Phase voltage

Phase current

Overall inverter

INV3

INV2

INV1

• Switching happens within the innermost hexagon space vector locations.

• As seen from the pole voltage waveforms, only the lower inverter is switched while the other two inverters are off, hence the switching loss is low.

• Four samples are taken in each sector, so INV3 switching frequency is (12x4X10=480Hz). The first carrier band harmonics also reside around 48 times fundamental.

[Inverter Topology]

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase voltage

Phase current

[Space Vector]

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Experimental results-Operation at 30 Hz

• The space vector locations that are switched lie on the boundaries of the second and third hexagon from the center.

• Number of samples are reduced from four to two, thus switching frequency is (fs=12X2x30=720Hz).

• INV3 and INV1 are switched about 1/3rd of the total cycle, while INV2 is switched about 20% of the cycle.

Pole voltage waveforms

Phase voltage and current waveforms

Phase voltage

Phase current

Overall inverter

INV3

INV2

INV1

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase voltage

Phase current

[Space Vector]

[Inverter Topology]

INV2 switches

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Operation at 47 Hz ( end of linear modulation range)

• One sample is taken at the start of a sector, so switching frequency is only around (12X47=564Hz).

• The space vector locations that are switched lie between the outer hexagon and the 12-sided polygon.Pole voltage waveforms

Phase voltage and current waveforms

Phase voltage

Phase current

Overall inverter

INV3

INV2

INV1

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase voltage

Phase current

[Space Vector]

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Operation at 50 Hz ( 12-step operation)

Inverter Topology

• Complete elimination of 6n±1 harmonics (n=odd) from the phase voltage.

• One sample is taken at the start of a sector (fs=12X1x50=600Hz).

• Each inverter is switched only once in a cycle.

Pole voltage waveforms

Phase voltage and current waveforms

Phase voltage

Phase current

Overall inverter

INV3

INV2

INV1

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase voltage

Phase current

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Input current at 50 Hz ( 12-step operation)

• The input current to the inverter is not peaky in nature, because of the presence of the star-delta transformers.

Phase voltage

Phase current

Input phase voltage

Input line current

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Motor acceleration with open loop V/f Control

Transition of motor phase voltage and current from 24 samples to 12 samples per

cycle at 40Hz• Because of the suppression of the 5th and 7th order harmonics, the motor current changes smoothly during the transition when the number of samples per sector is reduced from two to one at 40Hz operation.

• As the speed of the motor is further increased, the inverter switching states pass through the inner hexagons and ultimately the phase voltage becomes a 12-step waveform.

• Under all operating conditions, the carrier is synchronized with the start of the sector.

Transition of motor phase voltage and current from outermost hexagon to 12-

step operation.

Phase voltage

Phase current

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Total Harmonic Distortion upto 100th harmonic

•It is seen that voltage WTHD is quite low for all the operating conditions, as such the torque pulsation and harmonic heating in the

machine is minimized.

Harmonic performance of phase voltage and current

10Hz 30 Hz 48.25 Hz 50Hz

Voltage THD 57.59% 27.51% 14.67% 17.54%

Voltage WTHD 0.81% 0.7% 0.97% 1.04%

Current THD 12.31% 10.59% 15.6% 19.54%

Current WTHD 0.28% 0.45% 1.2% 1.5%

1002

2

1

nn

V

THDV

2100

2

1

n

n

V

nWTHD

V

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• A simplified comparative study is made between the proposed topology and the existing multilevel inverter configurations viz. 3-level NPC and 4-level NPC inverters used for induction motor drives.

•The conduction and switching losses incurred in the inverter, and motor phase voltage harmonic distortions are numerically calculated by computer simulation for comparison.

•A linear turn-on and turn-off switching profile is used for loss calculation. Losses incurred in snubber circuits, protection circuits, gate drives and due to leakage currents are neglected.

•A 2.3kV, 373kW induction motor is driven by a 3-level NPC, 4-level

NPC and the proposed inverter. The inverter drives the induction motor under full load condition at around 0.85 p.f. lagging. Numbers

of samples in a cycle are taken as 24.

Comparison with conventional structures

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Loss comparison with conventional structures

Phase voltage WTHD

IGBT Switchin

g loss

IGBT Conductio

n loss

Conduction loss in

anti-parallel diodes

Clamping diode conduction loss

Total Loss

unit % W W W W W

40 Hz Linear modulation

3-level NPC 0.68 95 2180 272 240 2787

4-level NPC 0.46 61 2400 414 350 3225

Proposed Inv 0.46 96 1884 306 0 2286

48 Hz Over modulation

3-level NPC 1.22 27 2370 165 130 2692

4-level NPC 0.89 20 2616 243 169 3049

Proposed Inv 0.55 25 1995 207 0 2227

50 Hz Square wave mode of operation

3-level NPC 4.64 6 2511 184 0 2701

4-level NPC 4.64 12 2730 258 0 3000

Proposed Inv 1.04 10 2034 180 0 2224

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Observations

The phase voltage WTHD for the proposed inverter shows considerable improvement, particularly at higher modulation indices and the 12-step mode of operation, because of the suppression or elimination of the 6n±1 (n=odd) harmonics.

Conduction losses are more dominant than switching losses for IGBT made inverters. As such, presence of the clamping diodes in NPC inverters increases the total losses of the inverter. The proposed inverter does not have any clamping diode and is devoid of any such losses. The switching losses also remain low for the proposed inverter.

It is seen that the conduction losses in the proposed inverter are always less than the conventional inverters. This is because in the proposed inverter, for any ‘level’ of pole voltage output, two current carrying switches remain in conduction. This is not always the case in NPC inverters; e.g. for a four level inverter, at higher modulation indices, three switches per phase carry the phase load current when the total dc bus voltage is obtained at the pole. Conduction losses in the proposed inverter are further less in over-modulation region because of the fact that the r.m.s. current in the inverter is less compared to conventional NPC inverters, due to the suppression or elimination of the 6n±1 (n=odd) harmonics.

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Synopsis

• A multilevel inverter topology is described which produces a hexagonal space vector structure in lower-modulation region and a 12-sided polygonal space vector structure in the higher modulation region.

• In the extreme modulation range, voltage vectors at the vertices of the outer 12-sided polygon and the vertices from the outer most hexagonal structure is used for PWM control, resulting in highly suppressed 5th and 7th order harmonics thereby improving the harmonic profile of the motor current. This leads to the 12-step operation at 50Hz where all the 5th and 7th order harmonics are completely eliminated.

• At the same time, the linear range of modulation extends upto 96.6% of base speed. Because of this, and the high degree of suppression of lower order harmonics, smooth acceleration of the motor upto rated speed is possible.

• Apart from this, the switching frequency of the multilevel inverter output is always limited within 1 kHz. The middle inverter ( high voltage inverter) devices are switched less than 25% of the output fundamental switching period.

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Multilevel 12-sided polygonal voltage space vector structures

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O P

Q

R

SE

F

G

H

I

J K

L

1

2345

6

7

89

1011

12

Hexagonal space vectors.

12-sided polygonal space vectors.

Evolution of space vector structures (Hexagonal and 12-sided)

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Multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure

• This is an extension of the single 12-sided polygonal space vector structure into a multilevel 12-sided structure.

• Compared to conventional 12-sided space vector structure, the device ratings and dv/dt stress on them are reduced to half.

• The switching frequency is also reduced to maintain the same output voltage quality.

• Here the added advantage is the complete elimination of 6n±1 harmonics, n=odd, from the phase voltage throughout the modulation index.

• The linear modulation range is also extended compared to the hexagonal structure.

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Multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure

• Consists of two concentric 12-sided polygonal space vector structure.

• Unlike conventional hexagonal multilevel structure, here the sub-sectors are isosceles triangles rather than equilateral triangles.

• Each sector is thus divided into four sub-sectors as shown.

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Inverter Structure

• In order to realize the proposed space vector structure, two conventional three level NPC inverters are used to feed an open ended induction motor.

• The two inverters are fed from asymmetrical dc voltage sources which can be obtained from the mains with the help of star-delta transformers and uncontrolled rectifiers.

• Because of capacitor voltage balancing of the NPC inverters, only two dc sources are used.

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• Here, the timings for which adjacent vectors are switched are obtained as,

•This requires calculation of sine values through a look-up table, which takes unnecessary memory and time in a DSP.

• A better algorithm is proposed here which can calculate the timings by sampling the reference rotating phasor.

1 1

2 2

0 1 2

6* ;

6

* ;

6

;

sin

sin

sin

sin

ref

ref

s

s

s

V T T

V T T

T T T T

V

V

Algorithm for calculating switching times for multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure

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1. Any rotating phasor can be expressed as,

,ref jV v v t

2. Transform (α,β) into (a,b,c) and (a’,b’,c’) coordinates as

' ' '

2 2 3 2 3, ,3 3 2 2 3 2 2

2 2 2cos( ) sin ( ) , cos( ) sin ( ) ,3 6 6 3 6 6 3

a cb

a cb

v vv v v v v v

v v v v v v v v

3. Multiply va, vb, vc etc. with the sampling period Ts. Thus, / /. , . , .DC DCa s sba bV VT v T T v T etc

4. Calculate the following

' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '

1

1

2

2

, , ; , , ;

, , ; , , ;

max , , mid , ,

max , , mid , ,

mid min

mid mina c a c a c a cb b b b

a c a c a c a cb b b b

T

T

T T T T T T T T T T T T T

T T T T T T T T T T T T T

Algorithm for calculating switching times for multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure

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5. Calculate the following

' ' ' '

' ' ' '

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

1_12

2_12

3 13 1 *2 , , * , ,

12 2 2

33 * 1 , , 2 , ,

12 2

2 sin max , max ,

2 sin max , max ,

s

s

nd

nd

T

T

T T T T T T T T

T T T T T T T T

6. Since the timings change for each alternate sector, an additional step is needed for interchanging T1_12s and T2_12s.

Then interchange the values of T1_12s and

T2_12s.

OR

OR

OR

if AND ' '1 2 1 21 , ,max ,T T T T T ' ' '

1 2 1 21 , ,2 max ,T nd T T T T

if AND ' ' '1 2 1 21 , ,max ,T T T T T ' '

1 2 1 22 , ,2 max ,T nd T T T T

if AND

if AND ' ' '1 2 1 22 , ,max ,T T T T T ' '

1 2 1 21 , ,2 max ,T nd T T T T

' '1 2 1 22 , ,max ,T T T T T ' ' '

1 2 1 22 , ,2 max ,T nd T T T T

Algorithm for calculating switching times for multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure

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7. For determining the sub-sectors following comparison is made,

If T1_12s <= 0.5Ts If T2_12s <= 0.5Ts If (T1_12s + T2_12s ) <= 0.5Ts then

Subsector-1. else

Subsector-2. else Subsector-3.else Subsector-4.

8. In sub-sector 1, T1= T1_12s, T2= T2_12s, T0=Ts-T1-T2.

In sub-sector 2, T1= 0.5Ts – T1_12s, T2= 0.5Ts – T2_12s, T0=Ts-T1-T2.

In sub-sector 3, T1= T1_12s, T2= 0.5Ts – T2_12s, T0=Ts-T1-T2.

In sub-sector 4, T1= 0.5Ts – T1_12s, T2= T2_12s, T0=Ts-T1-T2.

Algorithm for calculating switching times for multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure

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Experimental results-15 Hz operation

Phase voltage

Pole voltage- high voltage inverter

Pole voltage-low voltage inverter

Phase current

• Four samples are taken in each sector and switching takes place entirely in the inner 12-sided polygon.

• The phase voltage harmonics reside at 15x12x4=720 Hz, which is 48 times the fundamental. However, the switching frequency of the pole voltage of INV1 is (24x15=) 360Hz, while that of INV2 is (32x15=) 480Hz.

• The higher voltage inverter switches about 50% of the cycle.

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase

voltage

Phase current

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Experimental results-23 Hz operation

Phase voltage

Pole voltage- high voltage inverter

Pole voltage-low voltage inverter

Phase current

• Three samples are taken in each sector and switching takes place at the boundary the inner 12-sided polygon. All the 6n±1 harmonics, n=odd, are absent from the phase voltage, while the rest are highly suppressed.

• The switching frequencies of the pole voltage of INV1 and INV2 are respectively (18x23=) 414Hz and (24x23=) 552Hz, with output phase voltage switching frequency at 828Hz (=23x12x3).

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase

voltage

Phase current

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Experimental results-40 Hz operation

Phase voltage

Pole voltage- high voltage inverter Pole voltage-low voltage inverter

Phase current

• Two samples are taken in each sector and switching takes place between the inner and outer dodecagons.

• This is also seen in the phase voltage waveform, since the outer envelope of the waveform at lower frequency becomes the inner envelope at higher frequency.

• The harmonic spectrum of the phase voltage and current shows the absence of peaky harmonics throughout the range.

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase

voltage

Phase current

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Experimental results-48 Hz operation

Phase voltage

Pole voltage- high voltage inverter

Pole voltage-low voltage inverter

Phase current

• This is the end of the linear modulation of operation.• Here the number of samples per sector is two, as such the switching

frequency sidebands reside around 24 times the fundamental. The switching frequency of the pole voltages of INV1 and INV2 is respectively (48x12=) 576Hz and (48x16=) 768Hz, with an output phase voltage switching frequency of 1152Hz (48x12x2).

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase

voltage

Phase current

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•At the end of end over-modulation region, 24 samples are taken in a sector, corresponding to the vertices of the polygon. The figure shows 24 steps in the phase voltage.

Experimental results-49.9 Hz operation

Phase voltage

Pole voltage- high voltage inverter

Pole voltage-low voltage inverter

Phase current

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase

voltage

Phase current

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Experimental results-50 Hz operation

• This is the 12-step operation, where one sample is taken at the start of a sector. The phase voltage and current is completely devoid of any 5th and 7th order harmonics.

Normalized harmonic spectrum of Phase

voltage

Phase current

Phase voltage

Pole voltage- high voltage inverter

Pole voltage-low voltage inverter

Phase current

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Total Harmonic Distortion upto 100th harmonic

•It is seen that voltage WTHD is quite low for all the operating conditions, as such the torque pulsation and harmonic heating in the

machine is minimized.

1002

2

1

nn

V

THDV

2100

2

1

n

n

V

nWTHD

V

Voltage THD

Voltage WTHD

Current THD

Current WTHD

15Hz 75.4% 1.48% 24.49% 0.56%

23Hz 21.2% 0.54% 9.19% 0.48%

40Hz24.85

%0.71% 12.08% 0.65%

48Hz 9.67% 0.33% 5.52% 0.26%

49.9Hz

7.26% 0.28% 4.68% 0.24%

50Hz17.54

%1.04% 19.54% 1.5%

Harmonic performance of phase voltage and current

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Acceleration of the motor

Transition of motor phase voltage and current from inner to outer 12-sided

polygon

Transition of motor phase voltage and current from over-modulation to 12-step

operation.

Phase voltage

Phase current

• In both the cases, the motor current changes smoothly as the motor accelerates. This happens because of the use synchronized PWM and total elimination of 6n±1 harmonics, n=odd, from the phase voltage throughout the modulation index.

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Capacitor balancing scheme

• The inner 12-sided polygonal space vector locations ( points 1-12) have four multiplicities which are complementary in nature in terms of capacitor balancing.

• The outer 12-sided polygonal space vector locations ( points 13-36) either do not cause any capacitor unbalancing, or have complementary states to maintain capacitor balancing.

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Inner 12-sided polygon-switching multiplicities for point-1

C2 is discharged, C4 is charged.

C2 is discharged, C3 is charged.

C1 is discharged, C4 is charged.

C1 is discharged, C3 is charged.

The four switching multiplicities are complementary in nature in terms of capacitor balancing.

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Outer 12-sided polygon-switching multiplicities

C4 is discharged, C1 & C2 are

undisturbed.

Point-13, two multiplicities

C3 is discharged, C1 & C2 are

undisturbed.

Point-36: no multiplicity, no capacitor disturbance

Point-14: no multiplicity, no capacitor disturbance

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Controller action takenDeliberate unbalancing

Vc1, Vc2

Vc3, Vc4

• Capacitor unbalance is done at steady state with the motor running at 20 Hz speed.

• Both side capacitors are deliberately unbalanced and after some time controller action is taken.

C1,C2 : higher voltage side capacitorsC3,C4 : lower voltage side capacitors

Experimental Results-capacitor unbalancing at 20 Hz

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Experimental Results-capacitor unbalancing at 40Hz

Controller action taken

Deliberate unbalancing

Vc1, Vc2

Vc3, Vc4

• Both the sides are made unbalanced at the same time and are seen to come back to the balanced state.

• Compared to the 20 Hz case, it requires more time to restore voltage balance, since the number of multiplicities in the outer polygon is less.

C1,C2 : higher voltage side capacitorsC3,C4 : lower voltage side capacitors

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capacitor balancing during acceleration

• Capacitor voltages, pole voltages and phase currents during acceleration, showing the capacitor voltages are balanced throughout the operation.

INV1 Pole voltage

Phase current

INV2 Pole voltage

vC1, vC2

vC3, vC4

vC1-vC2

Capacitor voltages

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Publication

• Anandarup Das, K. Sivakumar, Gopal Mondal, K Gopakumar, “A Multilevel Inverter with Hexagonal and 12-sided Polygonal Space Vector Structure for Induction Motor Drive” , published in IECON 2008, Nov 2008, pp 1077-1082.

• Anandarup Das, K. Sivakumar, Rijil Ramchand, Chintan Patel and K. Gopakumar, “Multilevel Dodecagonal Space Vector Generation for Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive Using Conventional Three Level Inverters ”, accepted for publication in EPE 2009.

• Anandarup Das, K. Sivakumar, Rijil Ramchand, Chintan Patel and K. Gopakumar, “A Combination of Hexagonal and 12-sided Polygonal Voltage Space Vector PWM control for IM Drives Using Cascaded Two Level Inverters”, to be published in May 2009 issue of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics.

• Anandarup Das, K. Sivakumar, Rijil Ramchand, Chintan Patel and K. Gopakumar, “A Pulse Width Modulated Control of Induction Motor Drive Using Multilevel 12-sided Polygonal Voltage Space Vectors”, accepted for publication in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics.

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Multiple 12-sided polygons

• With the same power circuit as above, it is possible to have multiple 12-sided polygonal space vector structure.

• Consists of six concentric 12-sided polygonal space vector structure.

• Very low voltage THD can be achieved using low switching frequency.

• Suitable for high power drives.

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Conclusion

1. A multilevel inverter topology is described which produces a hexagonal space vector structure in lower-modulation region and a 12-sided polygonal space vector structure in the over-modulation region. This leads to the complete elimination of 6n±1 harmonics (n=odd) from the phase voltage at higher modulation index.

2. A multilevel 12-sided polygonal space vector structure is proposed that does not have 6n±1 harmonics (n=odd) throughout the modulation index. Capacitor balancing scheme is also proposed for the above scheme.

3. These schemes result in improved voltage THD in the motor phase voltage and lower switching frequency operation which are very much desirable in high power drives.