A Comprehensive Study of Modulation Strategies for Three Phase Low Cost PWM Converter

摘要

A three phase voltage source converter using six power switches is a very important structure with wide variety of applications involving sophisticated ac drives, active power filters and power supplies etc. PWM voltage source inverters are also being incorporated in grid connected distributed power generating units to provide secure and reliable power to the utility grid. Due to the popularity of three-phase PWM converters there have been efforts in reducing the component count in these power electronic converters as a cost effective substitute. These researches led to the development of four-switch converter topology. The four switches present in the power circuit can be controlled in various ways to deliver the desired characteristics of sinusoidal source current, ability to deliver unity or even leading power factor, bidirectional power flow. To obtain such characteristics of the converter, various control techniques have been envisaged and implemented. The other PWM strategies have their own advantages and disadvantages. In this paper a study of the various control methods applied to four-switch PWM converter is presented are presented along with their performance comparison.