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Title: Filtering techniques to minimize the effect of long motor leads on PWM inverter-fed AC motor drive systems

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/28.511650· OSTI ID:372175
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  1. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  2. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  3. Toshiba International Corp., Houston, TX (United States). Industrial Div.

In this paper, filtering techniques are investigated to reduce the motor terminal overvoltage, ringing and dv/dt in inverter-fed ac motor drive systems where long leads are required. Analysis is presented to show that the distributed LC of a cable and the pulse-width modulated (PWM) inverter switching action lead to motor terminal voltage reflections and ringing that stress the turn insulation and contribute to bearing currents. First- and second-order shunt filter designs are analyzed and compared. Detailed design equations to match the filter impedance values are presented. It is demonstrated that a first-order shunt filter connected at the motor terminals significantly reduces the overvoltage stress and ringing, and also lowers the dv/dt of the PWM switching pulse. Simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the proposed filter designs for 50-ft and 100-ft cable lengths for 460-V PWM insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) ac motor drive systems.

OSTI ID:
372175
Report Number(s):
CONF-9510203-; ISSN 0093-9994; TRN: IM9641%%252
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, Issue 4; Conference: IEEE/Industrial Application Society conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 8-12 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jul-Aug 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English