Lecture Power Electronics

Z-Source Inverter
Prof. Dr. Ing. Ralph Kennel (ralph.kennel@tum.de) Technische Universitt Mnchen Arcisstrae 21 8 !!! Mnchen "erman#

Z-Source Inverter

the name Z-Source Inverter does not refer to the topology (in that case the name would be X-Inverter but to the fact! that the "# lin$ can be described neither by a "# lin$ voltage nor by a "# lin$ current but by a "#

lin$ impedance (Z
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operational principle Z-Source & Inverter with 7egeneration #apability

besides the normal performance of the motor side inverter there is an additional feature 8 which usually is strongly forbidden 8 the so-called shoot-through( during shoot-through all transistors are switched on in a phase the current i/ increases and the inductances /"# store energy after switching off the transistors the energy will be transferred from to the capacitances #"# voltage u# is going to increase it is possible to achieve inverter output voltages e5ual to the voltage on motor side and6or line side it is possible to increase motor efficiency by 23 9 the motor side inverter can always operate in linear range
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Z Source Inverter

operation under low DC link voltage : all power semiconductors in the output inverter are switched on simultaneously for a short time there is a short-cut in the DC link the inductances in the DC link are charged to increase the DC link voltage afterwards

Z Source Inverter

-!ource "nverters com#ine a #oost converter with a fre$uency inverter applications with power supplies with varia#le %e& g& low or weak' supply voltage : vehicles with fuel cells solar cells optimal use of energy storage systems