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60 3-L DC Link ML Converter Properties<br />

A CM voltage needs to be applied to make full use of the available output voltage range. 3 rd<br />

harmonic injection [39] is a good method to get smooth operation, CSPD PWM (C<strong>en</strong>ter Spaced<br />

PD PWM) yields best results regarding output harmonics. Both methods are applied in this thesis,<br />

both for simulation and experim<strong>en</strong>tal verification.<br />

State machine<br />

Gate signal<br />

g<strong>en</strong>eration<br />

4.4.2 SVM<br />

Figure 53, G<strong>en</strong>eric 5-L PD PWM modulator with subsequ<strong>en</strong>t state machine<br />

SVM (Space Vector Modulation) allows calculating states and their corresponding application<br />

times based on two or three dim<strong>en</strong>sional vectors for all three phases at once, rather than per phase<br />

as in the carrier based PWM. SVM has be<strong>en</strong> the subject of many publications (e.g. [40] for a basic<br />

2-L performance analysis, [41] for ML SVM). Usually the NTV (Nearest Three Vectors) method is<br />

used for SVM to get optimum switching patterns. Other ways of SVM are possible. Fukuda is<br />

proposing to <strong>de</strong>termine optimal switching sequ<strong>en</strong>ces by means of optimal control [42, 43]. The<br />

optimal control approach is of specific interest if multiple quantities (like FC voltages in a ML<br />

converter) shall be controlled by the SVM modulator (e.g. [25]).<br />

Several authors also have proposed 3-D SVM ([44], [45]). In this case, 3-D refer<strong>en</strong>ce vectors<br />

are used (see also Figure 52) rather than 2-D vectors in αβ. Consequ<strong>en</strong>tly, the refer<strong>en</strong>ce also<br />

contains a part for the CM. Control schemes acting on CM may be applied in this case. This<br />

approach results in very similar results as the carrier based modulation schemes, as both are using a<br />

refer<strong>en</strong>ce <strong>de</strong>fined in all three dim<strong>en</strong>sions. In fact, the carriers are only a graphical repres<strong>en</strong>tation of<br />

an algorithm that can be used to calculate states and their application times based on a giv<strong>en</strong> 3-D<br />

space vector. This is specifically true in the case of use of g<strong>en</strong>eric carriers as in Figure 53.<br />

CB PWM and SVM are closely related to each other and ess<strong>en</strong>tially repres<strong>en</strong>t two differ<strong>en</strong>t<br />

mathematical methods to get the same (or similar) resulting pulse pattern. A number of<br />

publications analyze the relationship betwe<strong>en</strong> CB PWM and SVM (e.g. [46], [47], [48],) or ev<strong>en</strong><br />

propose hybrid CB / SVM schemes [49].<br />

In this thesis an asymmetric SVM is used. Like in the case of PD PWM, there are two sampling<br />

periods per modulation period. 3 or 4 vectors are applied per sampling period.<br />

4.4.3 Modulation by choice of “next best vector”<br />

In contrast to the PWM schemes pres<strong>en</strong>ted in the previous paragraphs, “next best vector”<br />

schemes do not pre-<strong>de</strong>termine a sequ<strong>en</strong>ce of states but only apply one state at a time. The duration<br />

is not known at the application time but <strong>de</strong>termined dynamically, for example by means of a<br />

switching surface controller (or hysteresis controller). Many differ<strong>en</strong>t schemes of that kind are<br />

possible. Typical repres<strong>en</strong>tatives are DTC (direct torque control) and DPC (direct power control),<br />

which also have be<strong>en</strong> adapted for ML converters (e.g. by L. Serpa [50]). These schemes are typically<br />

implem<strong>en</strong>ted by means of look up tables, but other solutions are possible. For example MPC<br />

(Mo<strong>de</strong>l Predictive Control) [51] is a very powerful approach for effective implem<strong>en</strong>tation of DTC

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