Received Sep 19, 2017 Revised Dec 30, 2017 Accepted Jan 17, 2018 This paper gives Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) for 3phase 3-level Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) inverter fed induction motor control. A conventional two level inverter with 3-phase system has been developed for induction motor control. When it is applied for high voltage and power applications, which increases the volt...

A new family of matrix converters is introduced, that employs relatively simple voltage-clamped buses and can generate multilevel voltage waveforms of arbitrary magnitude and frequency. The basic configuration includes a nine-switch matrix that uses four-quadrant switch cells. Each four-quadrant switch cell resembles a full-bridge inverter and can assume three voltage levels during conduction. ...

This paper summarizes recently developed soft-switching inverters and proposes two alternative options for electric propulsion drives. The newly developed soft-switching inverter employs an auxiliary switch and a resonant inductor per phase to produce a zero voltage across the main switch so that the main switch can turn on at the zero-voltage condition. Both the auxiliary switch and the resona...

Safe operation of electric motor drives is of prime research interest in various industrial applications. This paper presents a new fault diagnosis system for open circuit switch faults in three phases Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) drive of the permanent magnet Brushless DC (BLDC) motors. The proposed fault diagnosis system is capable of detecting as well as identifying the faulty switch in the...

A novel speed sensor less adaptive robust control method is proposed to improve the trajectory tracking performance of induction motors. The proposed design employs the so called vector control (or field oriented control) theory for the multilevel inverter fed induction motor drives. The inverter design is based on threelevel Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) inverter with hysteresis current control ...

In this paper, two single phase ac loads are supplied with one inverter and reduced switch count topologies are introduced in this paper. It has three switch single leg structures. This single leg inverter is functionally comparable to half bridge inverter working independently though with a less number of semiconductor switch and hence control and gate drive circuit components. This three swit...