Performance Analysis of Three-Phase Three-Leg AC/AC Converter using SPWM and SVPWM
Ashok Kumar Arroju1, G.V.S.S.N.Sarma2, Himan3
1Ashok Kumar Arroju, M.Tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering department, Aurora‘s Engineering College, Bhongir, A.P
2G.V.S.S.N. Sarma, Associate professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering department, Aurora‘s Engineering College, Bhongir, A.P
3Himani, Professor and HOD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering department, Aurora‘s Engineering College, Bhongir, A.P
Manuscript received on October 11, 2013. | Revised Manuscript received on October 15, 2013. | Manuscript published on October 25, 2013. | PP:60-66 | Volume-1, Issue-12, October 2013. | Retrieval Number: L05291011213/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: This paper proposes a three-phase nine switch ac/ac converter topology. This converter features sinusoidal inputs and outputs, unity input power factor, and more importantly, low manufacturing cost due to its reduced number of active switches.. . A suitable pulse width modulation (PWM) technique is employed to obtain the required output voltage. The different methods for PWM generation can be broadly classified into Triangle comparison based PWM (TCPWM) and Space Vector based PWM (SVPWM). In TCPWM methods such as sine-triangle PWM, three phase reference modulating signals are compared against a common triangular carrier to generate the PWM signals for the three phases. In SVPWM methods, a revolving reference voltage vector is provided as voltage reference instead of three phase modulating waves. The magnitude and frequency of the fundamental component in the line side are controlled by the magnitude and frequency, respectively, of the reference vector. The highest possible peak phase fundamental is very less in sine triangle PWM when compared with space vector PWM. Space Vector Modulation (SVM) Technique has become the important PWM technique for three phase AC-AC converters for the control of AC Induction, Brushless DC, Switched Reluctance and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors. The study of space vector modulation technique reveals that space vector modulation technique utilizes DC bus voltage more efficiently and generates less harmonic distortion when compared with Sinusoidal PWM (SPWM) technique. In this paper first a model for Space vector PWM is made and simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK software and its performance is compared with Sinusoidal PWM. The simulation study reveals that Space vector PWM utilizes dc bus voltage more effectively and generates less THD when compared with sine PWM.
Keywords: AC/AC converter, pulse width modulation (PWM), reduced switch count topology