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Title: Reduced harmonics PWM controlled line-side converter for electric drives. [Pulse Width Modulation]

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
OSTI ID:6019839
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  1. Univ. of Wuppertal (Germany). Electrical Machines and Drives Lab.

The concept for a reduced-harmonics PWM modulator, as applied for the control of a line-side power converter for a speed-variable ac-drive, is described. The PWM algorithm determines the on-state duration of each switching vector based on the observation of the time variable voltage reference vector. Since there is no reference made to a constant-frequency carrier signal, the generated pulse patterns become asynchronous. It is the essential property of this method to produce a quasi continuous harmonic spectrum in which all frequency components have more or less equal magnitudes. This is an advantage as compared with carrier-based PWM control schemes that exhibit high-amplitude carrier and side-band components in their harmonic spectra. The emission of acoustic noise radiated from the ac filter inductor is reduced.

OSTI ID:
6019839
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 29:4; ISSN 0093-9994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English