Three phase inverters with switching frequencies above 100 kHz have recently become feasible thanks to the significant progress made in wide band gap semiconductor technology. The main drivers behind the intense research and development of these ultra-high switching frequency PWM inverters are the extraordinary gravimetric and volumetric power densities that can be achieved. On the other hand, not as much attention has been devoted to the loads that these inverters supply, quite frequently consisting in ac motors. The impact of sub-MHz PWM and of the associated tens of nanoseconds range switching transients on motor terminal overvoltage, common mode currents and losses are still to be discussed exhaustively. The authors have thus decided to investigate what happens to induction motors supplied by inverters having switching frequencies up to 350 kHz. After an introduction on wide band gap semiconductor devices, the paper presents some interesting experimental observations conducted on a 1.1 kW 4-pole induction motor fed by a silicon carbide inverter. Further insight is provided by tests on a laminated steel toroid, supplied by a single-phase full bridge silicon carbide inverter. Discussions on the experimental results highlight the previously unreported impact of common mode losses, which become a predominant part of the PWM harmonic losses.
Experimental assessment of induction motors fed by Sub-MHz-PWM wide band gap inverters / Scelba, G.; Cremente, D.; De Donato, G.; Vaschetto, S.; Agamloh, E. B.; Cavagnino, A.. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS. - ISSN 0093-9994. - (2022), pp. 1-13. [10.1109/TIA.2022.3163355]
Experimental assessment of induction motors fed by Sub-MHz-PWM wide band gap inverters
De Donato G.;
2022
Abstract
Three phase inverters with switching frequencies above 100 kHz have recently become feasible thanks to the significant progress made in wide band gap semiconductor technology. The main drivers behind the intense research and development of these ultra-high switching frequency PWM inverters are the extraordinary gravimetric and volumetric power densities that can be achieved. On the other hand, not as much attention has been devoted to the loads that these inverters supply, quite frequently consisting in ac motors. The impact of sub-MHz PWM and of the associated tens of nanoseconds range switching transients on motor terminal overvoltage, common mode currents and losses are still to be discussed exhaustively. The authors have thus decided to investigate what happens to induction motors supplied by inverters having switching frequencies up to 350 kHz. After an introduction on wide band gap semiconductor devices, the paper presents some interesting experimental observations conducted on a 1.1 kW 4-pole induction motor fed by a silicon carbide inverter. Further insight is provided by tests on a laminated steel toroid, supplied by a single-phase full bridge silicon carbide inverter. Discussions on the experimental results highlight the previously unreported impact of common mode losses, which become a predominant part of the PWM harmonic losses.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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