PWM inverter active filters for industrial drive systems under unbalanced AC supply conditions

Author

Salmon, John ; Knight, Andy

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1172

Abstract

The performance curves for a wide range of PWM inverter harmonic correction topologies are examined that draw sinusoidal supply currents and that can be attached to the input stage of standard industrial drive systems. The PWM inverter cells examined can operate with current ratings as low as 0.3 pu. When the PWM inverter harmonic correction cell is separated from the drive rectifier, its RMS currents increases significantly as the drive filter inductance is lowered and the more unbalanced the AC supply becomes. This is due to the PWM inverter cell compensating for large harmonics and harmonic imbalances between phases. PWM inverter harmonic correction topologies that are integrated with the drive input stage can lower these adverse effects, and can be divided into two classes: (a) zero power flow, and (b) positive power flow

Keywords

AC motor drives; PWM invertors; active filters; compensation; harmonics suppression; inductance; load flow; rectifying circuits; PWM inverter; active filters; drive filter inductance; drive rectifier; harmonic correction topologies; harmonic imbalances compensation; industrial drive systems; large harmonics compensation; performance curves; positive power flow; sinusoidal supply currents; unbalanced AC supply conditions; zero power flow; Active filters; Active inductors; Circuits; Diodes; Load flow; Power harmonic filters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Rectifiers; Topology; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2000 Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5957-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2000.849648

Filename

849648