COMPARISON OF CONVERTER SYSTEMS FOR A HIGH-VOLTAGE VARIABLE-FREQUENCY AC DRIVE

• Date: 2013
• Main Authors: Zhemerov, George G., Ilyina, O. V., Krylov, D. S., Tugay, D. V., Titarenko, I. G., Baru, A. Yu., Shindnes, Yu. L.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and Аnatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine 2013
• Subjects: 24-pulses current inverter; cascade multilevel inverter; AC drives; Matlab-model; efficiency; 621.3
• Online Access: http://eie.khpi.edu.ua/article/view/2074-272X.2013.6.09
• Journal Title: Electrical Engineering & Electromechanics

Matlab-models of two converter systems of an 8 MW AC drive are developed, one based on a self-contained current inverter with cut-off diodes, the other based on a multilevel cascade voltage inverter. By applying virtual simulation, qualitative characteristics of these systems are compared.