Abstract：In recent years, multilevel inverters are becoming more and more popular in the medium-high voltage AC drive system. Various multilevel inverter topologies have been proposed to enhance the performance of motor drive system. This paper presents a hybrid cascaded multilevel inverter scheme, in which the H-bridge inverter (main inverter) and the 3-level diode clamped inverter (conditioning inverter) are connected together to drive the motors, but only the main inverter needs dc voltage source. The conditioning inverter’s capacitors can be used to store and reuse the braking energy of motor loads. Additionally, compared with the traditional H-bridge inverter, this scheme can reduce the dc sources while maintaining the same voltage output. Further more, when the motor is at a steady speed, the conditioning inverter can provide the reactive power to the motor and the capacitor’s voltage can be kept balanced. This scheme has a wide range of practical applications, especially in the electric vehicle motor drive and marine propulsion system.
饶建业, 李永东. 一种混合级联型多电平逆变器拓扑结构[J]. 电工技术学报, 2009, 24(3): 104-109.
Rao Jianye, Li Yongdong. Investigation of Control Method for a Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter. Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, 2009, 24(3): 104-109.
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