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    Synchronized symmetrical bus-clamping PWM strategies for three level inverter: Applications to low switching frequencies
    (2011) Veeranna, S.B.; Yaragatti, U.R.; Beig, A.R.
    The digital control of three-level voltage source inverter fed high power high performance ac drives has recently become a popular in industrial applications. In order to control such drives, the pulse width modulation algorithm needs to be implemented in the controller. In this paper, synchronized symmetrical bus-clamping pulse width modulation strategies are presented. These strategies have some practical advantages such as reduced average switching frequency, easy digital implementation, reduced switching losses and improved output voltage quality compared to conventional space vector pulse width modulation strategies. The operation of three level inverter in linear region is extended to overmodulation region. The performance is analyzed in terms THD and fundamental output voltage waveforms and is compared with conventional space vector PWM strategies and found that switching losses can be minimized using bus-clamping strategy compared to conventional space vector strategy. The proposed method is implemented using Motorola Power PC 8240 processor and verified on a constant v/f induction motor drive fed from IGBT based inverter. © 2011 Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved.
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    Space vector-based synchronised bus-clamping pulse width modulation algorithms for three-level voltage source inverter in overmodulation region
    (2012) Veeranna, S.B.; Yaragatti, R.Y.; Beig, A.R.
    The main objective of the present work is to develop space vector-based synchronised bus-clamping pulse width modulation algorithms to improve total harmonic distortion and higher DC-bus utilisation of the three-level inverter in overmodulation region. The proposed algorithms can generate synchronised pulse width modulation waveforms with all possible pulse number preserving all the waveform symmetries. The results of the proposed algorithms are evaluated and compared with conventional space vector pulse width modulation algorithm. It is shown that the proposed algorithms give improved results in terms of total harmonic distortion and DC-bus utilisation than that of conventional one in overmodulation region. The proposed method is implemented and verified experimentally on a constant v/f drive fed from insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)-based voltage source inverter using Motorola power PC-based embedded controller. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
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    Improved space vector PWM algorithm for three-level voltage source inverter in overmodulation region
    (Inderscience Publishers, 2013) Veeranna, S.B.; Yaragatti, U.
    In high power high performance AC drive industrial applications, multilevel inverters have established their importance, as they can synthesise output waveform with improved harmonic spectrum. In this paper, an improved synchronisation and symmetrical SVPWM algorithm is proposed for three-level inverter in overmodulation region for better utilisation of DC bus and to reduce harmonic distortion. The performance analysis of the proposed algorithm is compared with SHEPWM and STPWM for three-level voltage source inverter in terms of THD of line voltage and motor current along with fundamental component of the line voltage. It is shown that the proposed algorithm gives improved results compared to SHEPWM and STPWM algorithms. The algorithm is also verified experimentally on a constant v/f drive fed from IGBT-based voltage source inverter using Motorola power PC (MPC8240) based embedded controller. © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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    Modeling a grid connected photovoltaic system with perturb and observe based maximum power point tracking
    (2013) Naik, A.; Yaragatti, U.
    This article deals with the integration study of distributed generation (DG) in the form of a photovoltaic (PV) plant in a three-phase system. Here the active power generated by the photovoltaic (PV) plant is injected into the grid system through a current controlled dual inverter topology. The main contribution in this article is the dual inverter topology. In this topology, a three level inverter output is obtained which reduces the PV injected current harmonic distortion into the grid. The control algorithm used in this article is simple and easy to implement. The PV system is operated through a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) stage. Perturb & Observe (P&O) is the modeling approach of MPPT system operation. The system is simulated and analyzed for a different set of loads with renewable source at different atmospheric conditions using MATLAB/ Simulink tool. The grid current becomes sinusoidal with three levels inverter and compared to existing three levels methods the dual inverter method is simple and easy to implement.