This paper compares and evaluates the performance of Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) and Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) techniques for a three-level inverter by cascading two two-level inverters. In this topology, four power semiconductor switches are used per phase and a total of twelve switches are required. The simulation study shows that SVPWM is superior to SPWM in th...

The paper presents a drive system consists of single-phase boost rectifier, space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) inverter, and three-phase induction motor. The single-phase boost rectifier is used to obtain near unity power factor and to reduce the harmonic distortion in the main supply. The SVPWM inverter is used to offer 15% increase in the output voltage and low output harmonic distor...

In order to achieve the transformation of electrical energy in Variable Speed Constant Frequency (VSCF) Wind Power Generation System (WPGS), a novel Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) pulse trigger technology applied in high efficient PWM rectifier is proposed. Rectifier is an important part of WPGS and its performance affects the harmonic content and power factor of the power energy d...

This paper presents Space Vector based Generalized DiscontinuousPulse width modulation (GDPWM) algorithms for VSI fed Induction motor drive. To avoid the complexity due to angle calculation and sector identification involved in Conventional space vector pulse width modulation (CSVPWM). The Proposed algorithms use the concept of Imaginary Switching times and a constant variable μ and modulation ...

Space vector modulation (SVM) is the best modulation technique to drive 3-phase load such as 3-phase induction motor. In this paper, the pulse width modulation strategy with SVM is analyzed in detail. The modulation strategy uses switching time calculator to calculate the timing of voltage vector applied to the three-phase balanced-load. The principle of the space vector modulation strategy is ...

This paper proposes a generalized space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technique for hybrid multilevel inverters for minimizing total harmonic distortion (THD). The proposed method easily determines the actual location of the instantaneous reference space vector and the corresponding switching sequence of a multilevel inverter. The proposed algorithm offers a novel method for minimizing ...

This paper analyzes the way to increase the energy efficiency of three phase converters applied to control AC motor drives, through the reduction of the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the output voltage and the reduction in the switching losses in the PWM inverter. The aim is to develop a system which selects the most adequate modulation technique required to simultaneously optimize the har...

Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) method is an advanced, computation intensive PWM method and possibly the best among all the PWM techniques for variable frequency drive applications. The SVPWM is an alternative method for the determination of switching pulse width and their position. The major advantage of SVPWM stem from the fact that, there is a degree of freedom of space vector pl...

A Space Vector based Pulse Width Modulation control technique for the three-phase PWM converter is proposed in this paper. The proposed control scheme is based on a synchronous reference frame model. High performance and efficiency is obtained with regards to the DC bus voltage and the power factor considerations of the PWM rectifier thus leading to low losses. MATLAB/SIMULINK are used as a pla...

In this paper, hybrid pulse width modulation algorithm for vector controlled induction motor drives is used to reduce the steady state ripple in current. Also the newly developed Hybrid PWM technique does not use angle and sector information and hence it simplifies the control algorithm. The conventional Space vector pulse width modulation (CSVPWM) algorithm gives inferior performance at higher...