• DocumentCode
    3109368
  • Title

    Capacitor size reduction for multiple inverter systems

  • Author

    Orfanoudakis, G.I. ; Sharkh, S.M. ; Yuratich, M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6-8 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Multiple inverter systems are examined from the aspect of their DC-link capacitors. A common capacitor is assumed and its current spectrum is derived for single and three-phase inverter systems. The effect of introducing a phase shift between the inverter reference or carrier waveforms is investigated, to reveal potential reductions in DC-link capacitor rms (ripple) current. It is shown that significant reductions of 40% 50% in the capacitor rms current can be achieved, especially for three-phase inverter systems. The results are verified by simulations using MATLAB-Simulink.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; invertors; phase shift keying; DC link capacitors; capacitor size reduction; carrier waveforms; current spectrum; inverter reference; multiple inverter systems; phase shift; three phase inverter systems; DC-link capacitors; Multiple inverter systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011), IET Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2011.0218
  • Filename
    6136163