Common-Mode Voltage Suppression for Neutral-Point-Clamped Three-Level Inverter
Wu Keli1, Xia Changliang1, Zhang Yun1, Gu Xin2
1. Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China; 2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology of Electrical Engineering and Energy Tianjin Polytechnic University Tianjin 300387 China
Abstract:Neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level inverter is a widely used multilevel inverter topology. The neutral-point potential imbalance is the main drawback of NPC three-level inverter. The traditional NTV2 modulation strategy can control the voltage balance over the full range of inverter output voltage. However, the inverter output side will produce high common-mode voltage. This paper proposes a new NTV2 modulation strategy to solve the high common-mode voltage problem generated by the traditional NTV2 modulation. This modulation selects the basic voltage vector that generates smaller common-mode voltage to synthesis a new small virtual vector and middle virtual vector. At the same time, the duty ratio method is put forward, to reduce and fix the switching frequency of the new NTV2 modulation. The simulation and experimental results show that the new NTV2 modulation can effectively suppress common-mode voltage, and it can also control the neutral-point voltage balance over the full range of inverter output voltage.
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