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I. I NTRODUCTION
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Fig. 1. Schematic of the dual-inverter fed open-end winding induction-motor drive with isolated power supplies.
Tga2 = Ts Tga1
Tgb2 = Ts Tgb1
Tgc2 = Ts Tgc1 .
Fig. 3.
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TABLE I
ZERO-SEQUENCE VOLTAGES PRODUCED BY INVERTER-1
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Fig. 4. Dual inverter fed from a single dc-power supply with DSAZE PWM.
1
[(xT0 ) (Vdc /4) + (T1 ) (Vdc /12)
Ts
+ (T2 ) (Vdc 12) + (1 x)T0 (Vdc /4)] = 0
xT0 =
T2 T1
T0
+
.
2
6
(1)
The time shift that would be required for balancing the zerosequence volt-second is obtained as
Toset = (1 x)To Tmin
and is simplified as
Toset = Ts /2.
(2)
Fig. 5.
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(a) Effective-time placement of the individual inverters and the dual inverter. (b) Actual switching modes of the dual inverter.
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Fig. 9. Results for an mi = 0.4 with Toset = Tmin . (a) Gating pulses
generated by DSP. (b) Experimentally obtained A-phase pole voltage of
inverter-1 and inverter-2, X-axis: 10 ms/div; Y -axis: 100 V/div. (c) Experimentally obtained motor-phase voltage, X-axis: 10 ms/div; Y -axis: 100 V/div.
(d) Experimentally obtained zero-sequence voltage, X-axis: 10 ms/div; Y -axis:
100 V/div. (e) Normalized harmonic spectrum of the difference in A-phase pole
voltages. (f) Experimentally obtained motor-phase current at no-load, X-axis:
10 ms/div; Y -axis: 1 A/div.
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Fig. 10. Motor-phase voltage and motor-phase current with Toset = Tmin
for (a) mi = 0.7 and (b) overmodulation. Voltage scale: X-axis: 5 ms/div;
Y -axis: 100 V/div. Current Scale: X-axis: 5 ms/div; Y -axis: 1 A/div.
Fig. 11. Results for an mi = 0.4 with Toset = Ts /2. (a) Gating pulses generated by DSP. (b) Experimentally obtained A-phase pole voltage of inverter1 and inverter-2, X-axis: 10 ms/div; Y -axis: 100 V/div. (c) Experimentally
obtained motor-phase voltage, X-axis: 10 ms/div; Y -axis: 100 V/div. (d)
Normalized harmonic spectrum of the difference in A-phase pole voltages. (e)
Experimentally obtained motor-phase current at no load, X-axis: 10 ms/div;
Y -axis: 1 A/div.
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Fig. 13. Motor-phase voltage and motor-phase current in the dual-inverter system when fed from a single power supply with mi = 0.4. Voltage scale: X-axis:
10 ms/div; Y -axis: 100 V/div. Current scale: X-axis: 10 ms/div; Y -axis: 1 A/div.
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Veeramraju T. Somasekhar received the graduate degree from the Regional Engineering College
Warangal (presently, National Institute of Technology), Warangal, India, in 1988, the postgraduate
degree with specialization in power electronics from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India,
in 1990, and the doctoral degree from the Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 2003.
He was an R&D Engineer with M/s Perpetual
Power Technologies, Bangalore, and a Senior Engineer with M/s Kirloskar Electric Company Ltd.,
Mysore, India. Since 1993, he has been with the Department of Electrical
Engineering, National Institute of Technology. His current interests include
multilevel inversion with open-end induction motors, ac drives, and pulsewidthmodulation strategies.
Kommuru Kranti Kumar received the graduate degree in electrical engineering from Sri Venkateswara
Hindu College of Engineering, Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 2003, and the
postgraduate degree from the National Institute of
Technology, Warangal, India, in 2007.
He is currently a Programmer Analyst with Cognizant Technology Solutions, Andhra Pradesh, India.