Conference paper
A Fast-Processing Modulation Strategy for Three-Phase Four-Leg Neutral-Point-Clamped Inverter Based on the Circuit-Level Decoupling Concept
In this paper, a modulation strategy based on the circuit-level decoupling concept is proposed and investigated for the three-level four-leg neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter,with the aim of delivering power to all sorts of loads, linear/nonlinear and balanced/unbalanced. By applying the proposed modulation strategy, the four-leg NPC inverter can be decoupled into three three-level Buck converters in each defined operating section.
This makes the controller design much simpler compared to the conventional four-leg NPC inverter controllers. Also, this technique can be implemented with a simple logic and can be processed very quickly. Moreover, the switching loss is reduced substantially and the dc-link capacitors’ voltages balance is also achieved without any feedback control.
The proposed modulation technique is verified by the experiment.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 274-280 |
Proceedings: | The International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference |
ISBN: | 145772085X , 145772085x , 1457720876 , 9781457720857 and 9781457720871 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/IPEMC.2012.6258848 |
ORCIDs: | Zhang, Zhe and Andersen, Michael A. E. |