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    					| A Single Phase Three-Level Carrier-based PWM Scheme with Zero-sequence Voltage Injection |  
						| Feng Xiaoyun, Song Wensheng |  
						| School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiao Tong University Chengdu 610031 China |  
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													    | Abstract  To suppress the DC-link neutral point voltage fluctuation of single phase neutral-point- clamped(NPC) converters, the principle and shortcoming of a single phase three-level unipolar carrier-based pulse width modulation(CBPWM) algorithm is analyzed firstly. On basis of this, a single-phase three-level unipolar CBPWM with zero-sequence voltage injection (CBPWM-ZSVI) is proposed. Then, the upper and lower limitations of zero-sequence voltage is presented. The adopted CBPWM-ZSVI algorithm can achieve voltage balance ability effectively and dynamic anti-interference ability perfectly, and restrict AC terminal voltage step of the adopted converter within a half of DC-link voltage. Finally, the performance of CBPWM and CBPWM-ZSVI algorithms are compared by computer simulation and 1kW prototype experimental test. Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed CBPWM-ZSVI algorithm. |  
															| Received: 16 September 2011
																	    
															    															    															    																	Published: 25 March 2014 |  
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