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A New Method For Elimination of Zero-Sequence Voltage in Dual Three-Level Inverter Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motors
A New Method For Elimination of Zero-Sequence Voltage in Dual Three-Level Inverter Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motors
A New Method For Elimination of Zero-Sequence Voltage in Dual Three-Level Inverter Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motors
School of Information and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
Abstract
Due to the excessive zero-sequence voltage in dual three-level inverter fed open-end winding induction motor systems, zero-
sequence circumfluence which is harmful to switching devices and insulation is then formed when operating in a single DC
voltage source supplying mode. Traditionally, it is the mean value instead of instantaneous value of the zero-sequence voltage
that is eliminated, through adjusting the durations of the operating vectors. A new strategy is proposed for zero-sequence voltage
elimination, which utilizes unified voltage modulation and a decoupled SVPWM strategy to achieve two same-sized equivalent
vectors for an angle of 120°, generated by two inverters independently. Both simulation and experimental results have verified its
efficiency in the instantaneous value elimination of zero-sequence voltage.
Key words: dual three-level inverter-fed open-end winding induction motor, unified pulse width modulation, zero-sequence
voltage, space-vector decoupling PWM
sequence circulating current, which increases the amplitude II. DUAL THREE-LEVEL INVERTER FED OPEN
of the current and brings a lot of damage to the insulation of WINDING INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE
the winding, can also be eliminated by the method proposed The topology of a dual three-level inverter fed open-end
in this paper. Both simulation and experimental results have winding induction motor drive operated with a single power
verified the correctness and effectiveness of this method. supply is shown in Fig. 1. It should be noted from this figure
Fig. 1 Topology of dual three-level inverter-fed open-end winding induction-motor with a single DC power supply
120 020 120
020 220 220
S=3 K J I S=2 K J I
P Q R S=6 P Q R
002 S=5 102 202 002 102 202
Udc/3 Udc/3
2(a) Space vector diagram of inverter-1 2(b) Space vector diagram of inverter-2
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1 44 2 43 3 42
2
41
1
E D C
2 6 10 10 6 2
46 25 24 23 22 40
3
47 26
10
11
20
10
24
9
20
21
10 39 3
F B
Uref1
2 10 24 36 36 2 10 2
48 27 12 3 8 24 20 38
Uref2
Uref
O 30° 1
1 G 6 20 45 36 20 A 37
49 28 13 4 36 0 α 1 7 19 6
Uref2
10 24 10 2
2
50 29 14 5 36 36 6 18
24 36 60
20 20 10
3 51 H 30 10 15 16 24 17 35 L
59
3
6
2 52 31 6 32 10 33 10 34 58
2
J
I K
53 1 2 3 56 2 57 1
54 55
2Udc/3
2(c) Space vector diagram of dual inverter
A basic vector Ubase is introduced to map the space vector Let Tmax1 = max(Tas1, Tbs1, Tcs1) and Tmin1 = min(Tas1, Tbs1,
to the two-level space-vector plane. The new basic vector is Tcs1). Teff1 is the effective time of inverter-1. From Fig. 3, it
the central vector of each sector as shown in Fig. 2(a). can be achieved that:
Take Uref1 in Fig. 2(a) as an example. Fig. 2(a) shows Teff1 Tmax1 Tmin1 (7)
the position of the equivalent reference voltage vector Uref1, U dc 4
'
where Ubase1=U110 among inverter-1. The adjusted vector U' urefa1
voltage is zero. Similarly, when the reference voltage Uref A simulation model in MATLAB/Simulink is established
arrives at other positions, as shown in Fig. 2(c), the to verify the effectiveness of the proposed zero-sequence
instantaneous value of the zero-sequence voltage during each elimination method. The induction motor is controlled by the
operating period among each cycle is zero. V/F, and the DC voltage of the inverter is set to 200V while
It can be concluded that with the implementation of the the carrier frequency is 5kHz. TABLE 4 presents the specific
120° decoupled PWM strategy, the instantaneous value of the parameters of the simulation.
zero-sequence voltage in an open-end winding induction Define the modulation ratio as ma=2Uref/Udc. When ma is
motor can be completely eliminated. Compared with the 180° 0.9, the phase current ia and voltage uaa waveforms, supplied
decoupled PWM strategy proposed in [20], the method by a single DC source, are shown in Fig. 6. When ma is 0.4
presented in this paper is essentially different since it is the and the system is operating under a single DC source, the
instantaneous value that is eliminated while [20] aimed at phase current ia and voltage uaa' waveforms are shown in Fig.
eliminating the mean value. Thus, when operating in the 7.
single DC source mode, the harmonics content is not affected
and good performance of the system is achieved by the TABLE Ⅳ
strategy proposed in this paper.
SIMULATION PARAMETERS SETTING FOR OPEN-END WINDING
C. Modulation Range Analysis INDUCTION-MOTOR
U dc 50
100% 13.4% (14)
ia/A
0 0
U dc 3 -50
-100 -1
As shown in (15), the DC voltage then needs to be -150 -2
-200
increased to obtain the same maximum output phase-voltage -250 -3
amplitude as the traditional five-level NPC inverter. 1.8 1.82 1.84 1.86 1.88 1.8 1.82 1.84 1.86 1.88
t/s t/s
2U dc 3 U dc Fig. 6 Simulation result of motor phase current and phase
100% 15.5% (15)
U dc voltage for modulation indices of ma = 0.9
Originally the DC bus voltage of dual three-level inverters
is only half that of a five-level NPC inverter. Thus, even the
same maximum output phase-voltage as a five-level inverter
is achieved, and the dual three-level inverters’ DC voltage is
only 57.75% of that for a five-level NPC inverter.
A. Simulation Research
Journal of Power Electronics, to be published
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essential difference between the strategies proposed in this
paper and in [20].
B. Experiment Research
A 5.5kW dual three-level inverter fed open-end winding
Fig. 7 Simulation result of motor phase current and phase induction motor experiment is implemented to verify the
voltage for modulation indices of ma = 0.4 effectiveness of the proposing strategy. Two NPC three-level
inverters are series connected at either end of the induction
To further demonstrate the effectiveness of the 120° PWM motor and an open-looped V/F is applied to the control motor.
strategy, simulation results of the zero-sequence voltage are The controller utilizes a TMS320F28335 to produce 12 PWM
shown when operating on a single DC source, with ma values pulses. Then a XC3S400 FPGA is used for the inversion of
of 0.9 and 0.4 respectively, the waveforms of which are the generated pulses. In total, 24 PWM pulses are generated
shown in Fig. 8. Then let the dual three-level inverters to drive the dual three-level inverters. The experiment
operate on high and low modulation depths and implement parameters are identical to those of the simulation.
the 180° decoupled space vector PWM strategy presented in Fig. 10 presents the experimental phase-current ia and
[20]. Thus, the simulation waveforms of the zero-sequence phase-voltage uaa' waveforms under a single DC source when
voltage are finally achieved in Fig. 9. ma is 0.9. Similarly, when ma is 0.4 the output phase-current
and phase-voltage waveforms are shown in Fig. 11. To
observe the zero-sequence voltage waveforms, experiments in
the single DC source mode are conducted with two different
ma values of 0.9 and 0.4, the waveforms of which are shown
uzs/V
uzs/V
in Figs. 12.
uaa'(100V/div) ia(2.5A/div)
uaa'(50mV/div)
uaa'(50mV/div)
common-mode voltages for a dual inverter fed open-end winding Chen-Xi Wei was born in Shandong
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B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from
Specialists Conference, pp. 816-821, 2005.
the China University of Mining and
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PWM switching strategy for reducing the common-mode presently working towards her M.S. degree
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Information and Electrical Engineering,
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China University of Mining and Technology. Her current
Conference, pp. 1460-1465, 2005. research interests include the advanced control of ac machines,
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switching strategy for the dynamic balancing of zero-sequence
Rui-Cheng Chen was born in Jiangsu
current for a dual-inverter fed open-end winding induction motor
Province, China, in 1992. He received his
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591-600, July. 2007. the China University of Mining and
[17] P. Srinivasan, B. L. Narasimharaju, N. V. Srikanth. “Two- Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2015. He is
presently working towards his M.S. degree in
quadrant Clamping Inverter Scheme for Three-level Open-end
Electrical Engineering in School of
Winding Induction Motor Drive,” in Proceedings of IEEE Information and Electrical Engineering,
International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and China University of Mining and Technology. His current
Energy Systems, pp. 1-4, 2014. research interests include the control of double three-
phase permanent magnet synchronous motors, the modulation of
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multi-level inverters, and power electronics.
modulation technique for real-time three-phase power
conversion,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, Vol. Liang Wang was born in Jiangsu Province,
34, No. 2, pp. 374-380, March/April. 1998. China, in 1992. He received his B.S. degree
in Electrical Engineering from the China
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University of Mining and Technology,
for the Dual Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Xuzhou, China, in 2014. He is presently
Drive for 3-level Voltage Space Phasor Generation,” Asian working towards his M.S. degree in
Power Electronics Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 96-110, Journal, Electrical Engineering in School of
Information and Electrical Engineering,
2007.
China University of Mining and Technology. His current
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of Zero-Vector Placement in a Dual-Inverter Fed Open-End
Winding Induction-Motor Drive With a Decoupled Space-Vector Jia-Bin Xu was born in Jiangsu Province,
China, in 1991. He received his B.S. degree
PWM Strategy,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial
in Electrical Engineering from the China
Electronics,Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 2497-2505, June. 2008. University of Mining and Technology,
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method based on dual three-level inverters for open-end winding working towards his M.S. degree in
Electrical Engineering in the Department of
induction motor drives,” Journal of Power Electronics, Vol. 14,
Information and Electrical Engineering,
No. 2, pp. 315-323, March. 2014 China University of Mining and Technology. His current
research interests include the advanced control of ac machines,
the modulation of multi-level inverters, and power electronics.
Yi-Wen Geng was born in Jiangsu Province,
China, in 1977. He received his B.S. and Shuang-Cheng Hao was born in Jiangsu
M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Province, China, in 1991. He received his
the China University of Mining and B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from
Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2000 and the China University of Mining and
2004, respectively. He has been with the Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2014. He is
Department of Information and Electrical presently working toward his M.S. degree in
Engineering, China University of Mining Electrical Engineering in the Department of
and Technology, where he is presently working as an Associate Information and Electrical Engineering,
Professor. His current research interests include PV inverters, China University of Mining and Technology. His current
harmonic control and power electronics. research interests include power electronics and electrical drives.