1. Full Scale Converter for Synchronous
Wind Turbine GeneratorsSpace Vector PWM
Students: Aaron Ponder, Long Pham
Mar. 2014
CLASS REE547: ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION
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• Early 1960’s Kirnnich, Heinrick and Bowes first developed PWM [1]
• 1964 Carrier based techniques developed first, followed by SPWM by
Schonung and Stemmler [2]
• Not until mid-1980’s was SVPWM introduced [3]
Introduction and history
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• 3 phase variables are expressed in space vectors
• Space Vectors
• Main objective: approximation of reference voltage vector utilizing eight
switching patterns [5]
• Each desired voltage vector can be simulated by an averaging effect
between two adjacent active vectors and a zero vector.
• 3 phase inverter
Briefing
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• Higher DC bus efficiency
• Voltage magnitude control
• Low power losses
• Variable frequency control
• Other advantages are a wide linear modulation range, low switching
loss, ease of implementation, and reduce computational complexity due
to fewer sin functions
• advantages under unbalanced motor operation conditions
Benefits
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• SVPWM maximum peak fundamental magnitude of 90.6% of
inverter capacity is 15.5% over SPWM [6]
• 1991, Holtz proposed over-modulation based SVPWM, further
improving the DC bus voltage usage to the levels of six step
waves [7] [8].
Benefits elaboration
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• Often used to supply 3-phase AC voltage from DC source to
drive machines
• Modulation strategy plays an important role in the
minimization of harmonics and the switching losses
Use
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• Six of the eight states result in
voltage applied to the generator
windings with two states resulting
in zero voltage as seen in the figure
below
• Control the torque output of the
generator, we need to create a
smoothly rotating vector at any
angle
Intuitive Approach
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• By switching between two adjacent vectors quickly, the generator will
see an average vector in-between
• Filter between the inverter and the generator will filter out the high
frequency effect caused by the switching
Intuitive Approach Cont.
10. By changing the amount of time outputting 5V and 0V, we create an average voltage
output
PWM – How to create any voltage output very efficiently
𝑉𝑜𝑢𝑡 = (𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒) ∗ 𝑉𝑖𝑛
19. Benefit of SVPWM – Lower switching loss
Mosfets switch 6 times ~ output switch 1 time. Mosfets switch 6 times ~ output switch 2 time.
If we have to output a same frequency, Mosfets in SVPWM scheme have to switch ½ less than normal SPWM.