A compact active filter to eliminate common-mode voltage in a SiC-based motor drive

Kellan Euerle, Kartik Iyer, Eric Severson, Rohit Baranwal, Saurabh Tewari, Ned Mohan

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Abstract

This paper presents an active compensation device for common-mode (CM) voltage elimination in 3-phase space-vector pulse-width-modulated (SVPWM) inverters. The proposed device consists of a single-phase 2-level inverter (H-bridge) which supplies a compensating voltage to the inverter via a step-up common-mode transformer tied to all three phases at the output. The H-bridge active filter is supplied by a low voltage bus and switched several orders of magnitude faster than the inverter switching frequency. This device takes advantage of the direct knowledge of the switching pulses sent to the inverter to predict and generate the compensating voltage. A technique is employed to subtract the low frequency harmonics from the modulation of the H-bridge which allows for the size of the common-mode transformer to be reduced significantly. Small passive components are added to attenuate the active filter's PWM frequency content and thus produce an effective compensating voltage. This paper will review existing common-mode voltage compensation techniques and demonstrate that the proposed method is a logical choice for certain drive applications. Design considerations are included to provide understanding and guidance for implementation of the device, as well as MATLAB/Simulink simulation results to demonstrate the operation of the active compensation device. Final validation is presented through experimental results from a hardware prototype.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509007370
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016 - Milwaukee, United States
Duration: Sep 18 2016Sep 22 2016

Publication series

NameECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Other

Other2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMilwaukee
Period9/18/169/22/16

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