Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter

The paper proposes a method of active switching harmonics current reduction in the DC-link capacitor of a two-level, three-phase, back-to-back converter. Based on the derived analytical solution for switching harmonic currents in the DC-link, it is shown that by specific control over the PWM carrier...

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Main Authors: Shen, Lei, Bozhko, Serhiy, Asher, Greg, Patel, Chintanbai, Wheeler, Patrick
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Published: IEEE 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34257/
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author Shen, Lei
Bozhko, Serhiy
Asher, Greg
Patel, Chintanbai
Wheeler, Patrick
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description The paper proposes a method of active switching harmonics current reduction in the DC-link capacitor of a two-level, three-phase, back-to-back converter. Based on the derived analytical solution for switching harmonic currents in the DC-link, it is shown that by specific control over the PWM carriers’ phase angles, the targeted harmonics of the rectifier and the inverter can be synchronized in phase such that their cancellation occurs in the DC-link capacitor. This synchronization is provided by harmonic phase feedback control. The three step procedure to implement the method is detailed in the paper. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified experimentally.
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spelling nottingham-342572020-05-04T17:26:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34257/ Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter Shen, Lei Bozhko, Serhiy Asher, Greg Patel, Chintanbai Wheeler, Patrick The paper proposes a method of active switching harmonics current reduction in the DC-link capacitor of a two-level, three-phase, back-to-back converter. Based on the derived analytical solution for switching harmonic currents in the DC-link, it is shown that by specific control over the PWM carriers’ phase angles, the targeted harmonics of the rectifier and the inverter can be synchronized in phase such that their cancellation occurs in the DC-link capacitor. This synchronization is provided by harmonic phase feedback control. The three step procedure to implement the method is detailed in the paper. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified experimentally. IEEE 2015-12-22 Article PeerReviewed Shen, Lei, Bozhko, Serhiy, Asher, Greg, Patel, Chintanbai and Wheeler, Patrick (2015) Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31 (10). pp. 6947-6954. ISSN 0885-8993 Converters AC-DC Power Conversion Capacitors Control Harmonic Distortion Switching Functions Power Quality Pulse-Width Modulation Testing http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractAuthors.jsp?arnumber=7362206 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2015.2511304 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2015.2511304
spellingShingle Converters
AC-DC Power Conversion
Capacitors
Control
Harmonic Distortion
Switching Functions
Power Quality
Pulse-Width Modulation
Testing
Shen, Lei
Bozhko, Serhiy
Asher, Greg
Patel, Chintanbai
Wheeler, Patrick
Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
title Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
title_full Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
title_fullStr Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
title_full_unstemmed Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
title_short Active DC-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
title_sort active dc-link capacitor harmonic current reduction in two-level back-to-back converter
topic Converters
AC-DC Power Conversion
Capacitors
Control
Harmonic Distortion
Switching Functions
Power Quality
Pulse-Width Modulation
Testing
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34257/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34257/