Experimental Study on B-Spline-Based Modulation Schemes Applied in Multilevel Inverters for Electric Drive Applications

Giuseppe Schettino, Guido Ala, Massimo Caruso, Vincenzo Castiglia, Filippo Pellitteri, Marco Trapanese, Fabio Viola and Rosario Miceli
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Giuseppe Schettino: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Guido Ala: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Massimo Caruso: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Vincenzo Castiglia: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Filippo Pellitteri: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Marco Trapanese: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Fabio Viola: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Rosario Miceli: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-23

Abstract: This work presents the design, simulation, and experimental validation of new B-Spline-based modulation techniques applied to a Multilevel Power Inverter (MPI), particularly focusing the attention on the harmonic content of the output voltages of the inverter. Simulation and experimental results are proposed and discussed, mainly describing the potential benefits, such as the increase of the multi-level operation of the converter, and drawbacks (low-order harmonics) related to the adoption of B-Spline functions for multilevel inverters applied in the field of electrical drives.

Keywords: modular multilevel converters; pulse width modulation inverters; power conversion harmonics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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