Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations

Marine electric propulsion systems in ships commonly use medium voltage (MV) converters to drive variable-speed electrical propulsion motors connected to propellers. In the recently year, different topologies of MV converter are developed and built by the marine industry including Rolls-Royce. Among...

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Main Author: Hla Hla Khaing
Other Authors: Wang Peng
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67751
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description Marine electric propulsion systems in ships commonly use medium voltage (MV) converters to drive variable-speed electrical propulsion motors connected to propellers. In the recently year, different topologies of MV converter are developed and built by the marine industry including Rolls-Royce. Among these topologies, the cascaded H-bridge (CHB) inverter is one of the most popular and mature topologies in the industry. Its operation and control system are thoroughly analysed in Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab. Due to its multi-level output voltages, it has a low distortion and is very useful for high power drives in marine systems. Despite the advantages of CHB inverter, its large number of components required increases the fault probability. Among different types of fault, switch fault that strongly damages the health of converter is mainly focused on this project. Two fault tolerance pulse width modulation (PWM) methods (phase-shifted PWM (PS-PWM) and level-shifted PWM (LS-PWM)) are used to remain the balanced currents in the CHB inverter while operating it under the faulty condition without shutting down the system. Simulation and experimental results show the effectiveness of PS-PWM and LS-PWM methods, which significantly improves the reliability and health of the CHB inverter.
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spelling ntu-10356/677512023-07-07T16:58:34Z Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations Hla Hla Khaing Wang Peng School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab DRNTU::Engineering Marine electric propulsion systems in ships commonly use medium voltage (MV) converters to drive variable-speed electrical propulsion motors connected to propellers. In the recently year, different topologies of MV converter are developed and built by the marine industry including Rolls-Royce. Among these topologies, the cascaded H-bridge (CHB) inverter is one of the most popular and mature topologies in the industry. Its operation and control system are thoroughly analysed in Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab. Due to its multi-level output voltages, it has a low distortion and is very useful for high power drives in marine systems. Despite the advantages of CHB inverter, its large number of components required increases the fault probability. Among different types of fault, switch fault that strongly damages the health of converter is mainly focused on this project. Two fault tolerance pulse width modulation (PWM) methods (phase-shifted PWM (PS-PWM) and level-shifted PWM (LS-PWM)) are used to remain the balanced currents in the CHB inverter while operating it under the faulty condition without shutting down the system. Simulation and experimental results show the effectiveness of PS-PWM and LS-PWM methods, which significantly improves the reliability and health of the CHB inverter. Bachelor of Engineering 2016-05-19T09:19:28Z 2016-05-19T09:19:28Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67751 en Nanyang Technological University 67 p. application/pdf
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Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations
title Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations
title_full Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations
title_fullStr Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations
title_full_unstemmed Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations
title_short Development of electronic trip unit for converter protection : modulation for cascaded H-bridge inverters under fault operations
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