A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range
In the context of the electric vehicle (EV) industry, multi-level inverters (MLIs) have garnered increasing attention due to their potential to harness the advantages of higher DC link voltages. Among the various MLIs, the three-level T-type neutral-point-clamped (T-NPC) topology stands out as a sup...
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| author | Yousefreza Jafarian Jelodar Omid Salari Mohamed Z. Youssef Javad Ebrahimi Alireza Bakhshai |
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| description | In the context of the electric vehicle (EV) industry, multi-level inverters (MLIs) have garnered increasing attention due to their potential to harness the advantages of higher DC link voltages. Among the various MLIs, the three-level T-type neutral-point-clamped (T-NPC) topology stands out as a superior alternative to the conventional two-level six-switch counterpart. This paper presents an adaptive Space Vector Modulation (SVM) technique for the typical three-level T-NPC inverter, with the aim of enhancing inverter performance across a wide speed spectrum in EVs. Through a comprehensive process of design, simulation, and experimental analysis, the findings reveal improvements in efficiency when compared to both the two-level six-switch inverter and the T-NPC inverter employing conventional three-level SVM. These results underscore the advantages and effectiveness of the introduced control scheme, which increases efficiency without incurring additional costs of any additional circuit components or control effort. The paper provides a complete set of in-agreement simulation and experimental results, to provide the proof of concept. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9aeae5eca42f4b51a8cdeb43bceb390e2024-02-24T00:01:16ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-0112259062591610.1109/ACCESS.2024.336693410439175A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed RangeYousefreza Jafarian Jelodar0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-6610Omid Salari1Mohamed Z. Youssef2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8420-2472Javad Ebrahimi3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-8479Alireza Bakhshai4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-6420Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, CanadaIn the context of the electric vehicle (EV) industry, multi-level inverters (MLIs) have garnered increasing attention due to their potential to harness the advantages of higher DC link voltages. Among the various MLIs, the three-level T-type neutral-point-clamped (T-NPC) topology stands out as a superior alternative to the conventional two-level six-switch counterpart. This paper presents an adaptive Space Vector Modulation (SVM) technique for the typical three-level T-NPC inverter, with the aim of enhancing inverter performance across a wide speed spectrum in EVs. Through a comprehensive process of design, simulation, and experimental analysis, the findings reveal improvements in efficiency when compared to both the two-level six-switch inverter and the T-NPC inverter employing conventional three-level SVM. These results underscore the advantages and effectiveness of the introduced control scheme, which increases efficiency without incurring additional costs of any additional circuit components or control effort. The paper provides a complete set of in-agreement simulation and experimental results, to provide the proof of concept.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10439175/T-NPC inverterSVMlow-speed range analysisPMSM |
| spellingShingle | Yousefreza Jafarian Jelodar Omid Salari Mohamed Z. Youssef Javad Ebrahimi Alireza Bakhshai A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range IEEE Access T-NPC inverter SVM low-speed range analysis PMSM |
| title | A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range |
| title_full | A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range |
| title_short | A Novel Control Scheme for Traction Inverters in Electric Vehicles With an Optimal Efficiency Across the Entire Speed Range |
| title_sort | novel control scheme for traction inverters in electric vehicles with an optimal efficiency across the entire speed range |
| topic | T-NPC inverter SVM low-speed range analysis PMSM |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10439175/ |
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