Paper Info
Title
A suitable PWM for DC-link voltage equalization of Three-Level Neutral-Point Clamped Converters
Abstract
A novel DC-link voltage equalization algorithm for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters (NPCs) is presented in this paper. It mainly consists of appropriate pulse width modulation patterns, which are alternatively employed in order to exploit the DC-link capacitors differently, for a given reference voltage space vector. Thus, the most suitable PWM pattern is chosen in each sampling time interval in accordance with DC-link voltage equalization needs, without affecting NPC performances in terms of output voltage and current waveforms. The worth and effectiveness of the proposed equalization algorithm are verified through a simulation study, which refers to the case of a Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (SPM) fed by a three-phase NPC.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/IECON.2013.6699157
Vienna
Keywords
Field
DocType
pwm power convertors,permanent magnet machines,synchronous machines,pwm pattern,spm,current waveforms,dc-link voltage equalization algorithm,pulse width modulation patterns,reference voltage space vector,surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine,three-level neutral-point-clamped converters,three-phase npc,voltage waveforms,neutral-point clamped converter,neutral-point voltage balancing,pulse width modulation,three-level converter
Capacitor,Equalization (audio),Control theory,Voltage,Voltage reference,Waveform,Sampling time,Pulse-width modulation,Converters,Control engineering,Electronic engineering,Engineering
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1553-572X
2
0.41
References 
Authors
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alfonso Damiano1347.94
Ignazio Marongiu2688.73
Porru, M.331.45
Alessandro Serpi4115.23