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NP Control with Carrier based PWM 89<br />

5 NP CONTROL WITH CARRIER BASED PWM<br />

This chapter introduces several new carrier based PWM schemes for improved NP and FC<br />

voltage control. The first two modulation schemes proposed use CM voltage injection only and can<br />

be applied to any 3-L DC link converter including the NPC. Knowledge of the NP curr<strong>en</strong>t as a<br />

function of CM voltage is used in real-time to control the NP point. The first scheme proposed<br />

operates purely in time domain and injects a CM voltage based on instantaneous values. The<br />

second scheme makes use of harmonic relationships pres<strong>en</strong>ted in chapter 4 and injects specific<br />

harmonics in the CM voltage. Both schemes offer the same NP curr<strong>en</strong>t control capability as some<br />

SVM schemes proposed in literature. However, they offer a high <strong>de</strong>gree of freedom regarding the<br />

base modulation type and thus allow including additional objectives like THD minimization (as for<br />

example optimized CB PWM schemes like CSPD PWM can be used) or switching loss<br />

minimization.<br />

The carrier based schemes pres<strong>en</strong>ted in the second part of the chapter are topology specific, as<br />

they make use of redundant states. Carrier waveforms are <strong>de</strong>signed such that specific redundant<br />

states are combined. Solutions for very effici<strong>en</strong>t NP control are proposed for the SMC and the<br />

ANPC type 3. The NP control capacity of these schemes is significantly beyond the capacity of<br />

standard schemes only utilizing CM voltage.<br />

5.1 Real time NP curr<strong>en</strong>t function control scheme<br />

This scheme can be used for all 3-L DC link topologies.<br />

5.1.1 Background<br />

The neutral point in 3-L based (input) converter systems can be controlled by a CM voltage<br />

injection. In the case of active power, a DC common mo<strong>de</strong> voltage will g<strong>en</strong>erate a DC NP curr<strong>en</strong>t<br />

(with superimposed AC curr<strong>en</strong>ts at various frequ<strong>en</strong>cies). This allows to implem<strong>en</strong>t relatively simple<br />

control schemes (although the exact relationship of common mo<strong>de</strong> voltage with NP curr<strong>en</strong>t is<br />

relatively complex) to control the NP voltage. In the case of reactive power, a DC common mo<strong>de</strong><br />

voltage will g<strong>en</strong>erate an AC NP curr<strong>en</strong>t (at various frequ<strong>en</strong>cies), so the same control schemes as for<br />

active power cannot be applied anymore. In other words, unconstrained linear feedback control<br />

with DC CM injection based on a linear approximation of the NP curr<strong>en</strong>t function works fine for a<br />

wi<strong>de</strong> operating range but <strong>de</strong>livers poor results for low cos(ϕ). This is obvious wh<strong>en</strong> looking at the<br />

sample NP curr<strong>en</strong>t function in Figure 64. The <strong>en</strong>dpoints provi<strong>de</strong> very low NP curr<strong>en</strong>t and the<br />

useful range (betwe<strong>en</strong> min. and max.) of the NP function is much smaller than the physically<br />

available range. If a single linearized function is used for feedback, the result may ev<strong>en</strong> be counter<br />

productive as the real non-monotonic function is changing its sign of the gradi<strong>en</strong>t. However, as<br />

Figure 64 indicates, a suitable CM injection based on the instantaneous characteristics of the<br />

function will g<strong>en</strong>erate a useful NP curr<strong>en</strong>t.

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