New Three-Phase Multilevel Inverter with Shared Power Switches

Ping, Hew Wooi,Rahim, Nasrudin Abd.,Jamaludin, Jafferi The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2013 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.13 No.5

Despite the advantages offered by multilevel inverters, one of the main drawbacks that prevents their widespread use is their circuit complexity as the number of power switches employed is usually high. This paper presents a new multilevel inverter topology with a considerable reduction in the number of power switches used through the switch-sharing approach. The fact that the proposed inverter applies two bidirectional power switches for sharing among the three phases does not prevent it from producing seven levels in the line-to-line output voltage waveforms. A modified scheme of space vector modulation via the application of virtual voltage vectors is developed to generate the PWM signals of the power switches. The performance of the proposed inverter is investigated through MATLAB/SIMULINK simulations and is practically tested using a laboratory prototype with a DSP-based modulator. The results demonstrate the satisfactory performance of the inverter and verify the effectiveness of the modulation method.

New Three-Phase Multilevel Inverter with Shared Power Switches

Hew Wooi Ping,Nasrudin Abd. Rahim,Jafferi Jamaludin 전력전자학회 2013 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.13 No.5

Despite the advantages offered by multilevel inverters, one of the main drawbacks that prevents their widespread use is their circuit complexity as the number of power switches employed is usually high. This paper presents a new multilevel inverter topology with a considerable reduction in the number of power switches used through the switch-sharing approach. The fact that the proposed inverter applies two bidirectional power switches for sharing among the three phases does not prevent it from producing seven levels in the line-to-line output voltage waveforms. A modified scheme of space vector modulation via the application of virtual voltage vectors is developed to generate the PWM signals of the power switches. The performance of the proposed inverter is investigated through MATLAB/SIMULINK simulations and is practically tested using a laboratory prototype with a DSP-based modulator. The results demonstrate the satisfactory performance of the inverter and verify the effectiveness of the modulation method.

Design and Implementation of a New Multilevel DC-Link Three-phase Inverter

Masaoud, Ammar,Ping, Hew Wooi,Mekhilef, Saad,Taallah, Ayoub,Belkamel, Hamza The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2014 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.14 No.2

This paper presents a new configuration for a three-phase multilevel voltage source inverter. The main bridge is built from a classical three-phase two-level inverter and three bidirectional switches. A variable DC-link employing two unequal DC voltage supplies and four switches is connected to the main circuit in such a way that the proposed inverter produces four levels in the output voltage waveform. In order to obtain the desired switching gate signals, the fundamental frequency staircase modulation technique is successfully implemented. Furthermore, the proposed structure is extended and compared with other types of multilevel inverter topologies. The comparison shows that the proposed inverter requires a smaller number of power components. For a given number of voltage steps N, the proposed inverter requires N/2 DC voltage supplies and N+12 switches connected with N+7 gate driver circuits, while diode clamped or flying capacitor inverters require N-1 DC voltage supplies and 6(N-1) switches connected with 6(N-1) gate driver circuits. A prototype of the introduced configuration has been manufactured and the obtained simulation and experimental results ensure the feasibility of the proposed topology and the validity of the implemented modulation technique.

Design and Implementation of a New Multilevel DC-Link Three-phase Inverter

Ammar Masaoud,Hew Wooi Ping,Saad Mekhilef,Ayoub Taallah,Hamza Belkamel 전력전자학회 2014 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.14 No.2

This paper presents a new configuration for a three-phase multilevel voltage source inverter. The main bridge is built from a classical three-phase two-level inverter and three bidirectional switches. A variable DC-link employing two unequal DC voltage supplies and four switches is connected to the main circuit in such a way that the proposed inverter produces four levels in the output voltage waveform. In order to obtain the desired switching gate signals, the fundamental frequency staircase modulation technique is successfully implemented. Furthermore, the proposed structure is extended and compared with other types of multilevel inverter topologies. The comparison shows that the proposed inverter requires a smaller number of power components. For a given number of voltage steps N, the proposed inverter requires N/2 DC voltage supplies and N+12 switches connected with N+7 gate driver circuits, while diode clamped or flying capacitor inverters require N-1 DC voltage supplies and 6(N-1) switches connected with 6(N-1) gate driver circuits. A prototype of the introduced configuration has been manufactured and the obtained simulation and experimental results ensure the feasibility of the proposed topology and the validity of the implemented modulation technique.

Switching Functions Model of a Three-phase Voltage Source Converter (VSC)

Seyed Mahdi Fazeli,Hew Wooi Ping,Nasrudin Bin Abd Rahim,Boon Teck Ooi 전력전자학회 2017 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.17 No.2

The equivalent circuit of a three-leg, four-wire voltage source converter (VSC) is derived using switching functions. Simulations and experiments are conducted (i) to investigate the effects of the zero sequence on VSCs when a three-phase imbalance exists and (ii) to use the consistency of simulations and laboratory experiments to validate the equivalent circuit. The impact of a three-phase imbalance on the VSC has yet to be fully investigated because of the lack of an equivalent circuit to show rigorously how the zero sequence currents flow through the VSC.

Switching Functions Model of a Three-phase Voltage Source Converter (VSC)

Fazeli, Seyed Mahdi,Ping, Hew Wooi,Abd Rahim, Nasrudin Bin,Ooi, Boon Teck The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2017 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.17 No.2

The equivalent circuit of a three-leg, four-wire voltage source converter (VSC) is derived using switching functions. Simulations and experiments are conducted (i) to investigate the effects of the zero sequence on VSCs when a three-phase imbalance exists and (ii) to use the consistency of simulations and laboratory experiments to validate the equivalent circuit. The impact of a three-phase imbalance on the VSC has yet to be fully investigated because of the lack of an equivalent circuit to show rigorously how the zero sequence currents flow through the VSC.

클래스 불균형 문제를 해결하기 위한 개선된 집중 샘플링

김만선,양형정,김수형,Wooi Ping Cheah 한국정보처리학회 2007 정보처리학회논문지. 소프트웨어 및 데이터 공학 Vol.14 No.4

Many classification algorithms for real world data suffer from a data class imbalance problem. To solve this problem, various methods have been proposed such as altering the training balance and designing better sampling strategies. The previous methods are not satisfy in the distribution of the input data and the constraint. In this paper, we propose a focused sampling method which is more superior than previous methods. To solve the problem, we must select some useful data set from all training sets. To get useful data set, the proposed method devide the region according to scores which are computed based on the distribution of SOM over the input data. The scores are sorted in ascending order. They represent the distribution of the input data, which may in turn represent the characteristics of the whole data. A new training dataset is obtained by eliminating unuseful data which are located in the region between an upper bound and a lower bound. The proposed method gives a better or at least similar performance compare to classification accuracy of previous approaches. Besides, it also gives several benefits : ratio reduction of class imbalance; size reduction of training sets; prevention of over-fitting. The proposed method has been tested with kNN classifier. An experimental result in ecoli data set shows that this method achieves the precision up to 2.27 times than the other methods. 실세계의 문제에서 많은 기계학습의 알고리즘들은 데이터의 클래스 불균형 문제에 어려움을 겪는다. 이러한 클래스 불균형 문제를 해결하기 위하여 데이터의 비율을 변경하거나 좀 더 나은 샘플링 전략으로 극복하려는 연구들이 제안되었다. 그러나 데이터의 비율을 변경하는 연구에서는 전체 데이터 분포의 특성을 고려하지 못하고, 샘플링 전략을 제안하는 연구에서는 여러 가지 제한 조건을 고려해야만 한다. 본 논문에서는 위의 두가지 방법의 장점을 모두 포함하는 개선된 집중 샘플링 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법에서는 클래스 불균형 문제를 해결하기 위해 학습에 유용한 데이터들을 샘플링하는데 스코어링에 기반한 데이터 분할 방법을 이용한다. 즉, 입력 데이터들에 대해 SOM(Self Organizing Map)의 학습 결과로 얻은 BMU(Best Matching Unit)와의 거리를 계산하고, 이 거리를 스코어라 한다. 측정된 스코어는 오름차순으로 정렬되며, 이 과정에서 입력 데이터의 분포가 재 표현되고, 재 표현된 분포는 전체 데이터의 특성을 대표하게 된다. 그 결과로 얻은 데이터들 중에서 유용하지 못한 데이터들에 대해 제거하는 과정을 수행하여 새로운 학습 데이터 셋을 얻는다. 새로운 학습 데이터 생성 과정에서는 재 표현된 분포의 결과를 두 구간(upper, lower)으로 분할하는데, 두 구간 사이의 데이터들은 유용하지 못한 패턴들로 간주되어 학습에 이용되지 않는다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법은 클래스 불균형의 비율 감소, 훈련 데이터의 크기 감소, 과적합의 방지 등 몇 가지 장점을 보인다. 제안한 방법으로 샘플링된 데이터에 kNN 을 적용하여, 분류 실험한 결과 심한 불균형이 있는 ecoli 데이터의 분류 성능이 최대 2.27배 향상되었다.

Dual Vector Control Strategy for a Three-Stage Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter

Mohamad N. Abdul Kadir,Saad Mekhilef,Hew Wooi Ping 전력전자학회 2010 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.10 No.2

This paper presents a voltage control algorithm for a hybrid multilevel inverter based on a staged-perception of the inverter voltage vector diagram. The algorithm is applied to control a three-stage eighteen-level hybrid inverter, which has been designed with a maximum number of symmetrical levels. The inverter has a two-level main stage built using a conventional six-switch inverter and medium- and low- voltage three-level stages constructed using cascaded H-bridge cells. The distinctive feature of the proposed algorithm is its ability to avoid the undesirable high switching frequency for high- and medium- voltage stages despite the fact that the inverter’s dc sources voltages are selected to maximize the number of levels by state redundancy elimination. The high- and medium- voltage stages switching algorithms have been developed to assure fundamental switching frequency operation of the high voltage stage and not more than few times this frequency for the medium voltage stage. The low voltage stage is controlled using a SVPWM to achieve the reference voltage vector exactly and to set the order of the dominant harmonics. The inverter has been constructed and the control algorithm has been implemented. Test results show that the proposed algorithm achieves the desired features and all of the major hypotheses have been verified.

Dual Vector Control Strategy for a Three-Stage Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter

Kadir, Mohamad N. Abdul,Mekhilef, Saad,Ping, Hew Wooi The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2010 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.10 No.2

This paper presents a voltage control algorithm for a hybrid multilevel inverter based on a staged-perception of the inverter voltage vector diagram. The algorithm is applied to control a three-stage eighteen-level hybrid inverter, which has been designed with a maximum number of symmetrical levels. The inverter has a two-level main stage built using a conventional six-switch inverter and medium- and low- voltage three-level stages constructed using cascaded H-bridge cells. The distinctive feature of the proposed algorithm is its ability to avoid the undesirable high switching frequency for high- and medium- voltage stages despite the fact that the inverter's dc sources voltages are selected to maximize the number of levels by state redundancy elimination. The high- and medium- voltage stages switching algorithms have been developed to assure fundamental switching frequency operation of the high voltage stage and not more than few times this frequency for the medium voltage stage. The low voltage stage is controlled using a SVPWM to achieve the reference voltage vector exactly and to set the order of the dominant harmonics. The inverter has been constructed and the control algorithm has been implemented. Test results show that the proposed algorithm achieves the desired features and all of the major hypotheses have been verified.

Direct Torque Control Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive with Asymmetrical Multilevel Inverter Supply

M. N. Abdul Kadir,Saad Mekhilef,Hew Wooi Ping 전력전자학회 2007 ICPE(ISPE)논문집 Vol.- No.-

This paper demonstrates the Direct Torque Control Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (DTC-PMSM) drive fed by asymmetrical multilevel inverter. The cascaded Hbridges topology with ratio-3 dc voltage sourced cells inverter has been employed. The DTC controller receives a reference torque and flux signals, the torque controller output determines the position of the desired flux vector. The amplitude of this vector is determined by the reference flux amplitude. The reference voltage vector is calculated as a continuous value using a technique developed originally for the SVM controlled drive. In this study, however, the reference voltage vector has been approximated to the nearest voltage vector achievable by one switching state of the multilevel inverter. The performance of two- and three-cells per arm inverter drives has been compared to that of the SVM-inverter drive at two values of the switching intervals. The results reflect the low switching frequency and torque ripple advantages of the proposed scheme.