Overmodulation Strategy Using DC-Link Shunt Resistor Inverters to Maintain Output Voltage Linearity

Abstract

To detect the three-phase current in the complex plane of a DC link shunt inverter, an algorithm for restoring the current is required. In this paper, a method of dividing the detection voltage and the compensation voltage to match the output voltage as much as possible to reduce the total harmonic distortion while restoring the current is proposed. In addition, an overmodulation algorithm for a 12-step output, which corresponds to the largest voltage in a DC link shunt inverter, is proposed, and a current recovery method in the overmodulation region is proposed. To determine how to ensure a linear output voltage, the fundamental frequency of the output voltage is analyzed through a Fourier series, and a new voltage vector whose fundamental frequency amplitude is equal to the amplitude of the command voltage is calculated. Finally, the performance of the proposed algorithm is verified through simulation and experimentation. The output of a motor was increased by using overmodulation, and the harmonics of the current based on the output voltage were analyzed through a Fourier series.

A Study on the Optimal Control of Voltage Utilization for Improving the Efficiency of PMSM

“…In this situation, as the negative D-axis current increases very significantly, the magnitude of the phase current increases, meaning that the power loss due to copper loss increases [4,5]. If voltage utilization is increased through voltage overmodulation, the voltage margin can be obtained without increasing the phase current magnitude [6,7]. However, in this case, the phase current is distorted by harmonic components and power loss due to iron loss increases.…”