A Comparison Study of Sinusoidal PWM and Space Vector PWM Techniques for Voltage Source Inverter

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 73 - 84, 20.06.2017

Ömer Türksoy , Ünal Yılmaz Adnan Tan Ahmet Teke

https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.330584

Cited By: 4

Abstract

In this paper, the methods used to control voltage source inverters, which have been intensively investigated in recent years, are compared. Although the most efficient result is obtained with the least number of switching elements in the inverter topologies, the method used in the switching is at least as effective as the topology. Besides, the selected switching method to control the inverter will play an effective role in suppressing harmonic components while producing the ideal output voltage. There are many derivatives of pulse width modulation techniques that are commonly used to control voltage source inverters. Some of widespread methods are sinusoidal pulse width modulation and space vector pulse width modulation techniques. These modulation techniques used for generating variable frequency and amplitude output voltage in voltage source inverters, have been simulated by using MATLAB/SIMULINK. In addition, the total harmonic distortions of the output voltages are compared. As a result of simulation studies, sinusoidal pulse width modulation has been found to have more total harmonic distortion in output voltages of voltage source inverters in the simulation. Space vector pulse width modulation has been shown to produce a more efficient output voltage with less total harmonic distortion.

Keywords

Space vector PWM, Sinusoidal PWM, total harmonic distortion, MATLAB/Simulink

References

• Ashish, G., & Sanjiv, K. (2012). Analysis of Three Phase Space Vector PWM Voltage Source Inverter for ASD’s. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 2(10), 163-168.
• Bedford, B., & Hoft, R. (1964). Principle of Inverter Circuits. Newyork: John Wiley&Sons.
• Colak, I., & Kabalci, E. (2016). Developing a novel sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) technique to eliminate side band harmonics. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 44, 861-871.
• Durgasukumar, G., & Pathak, M. K. (2012). Comparison of adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy-based spacevector modulation for two-level inverter. Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 38, 9-19.
• Gopalakrishnan, K. S., & Narayanan, G. (2014). Space vector based modulation scheme for reducing capacitor RMS current in three-level diode-clamped inverter. Electric Power Systems Research, 117, 1-3.
• Guoqiang, C., Jianli, K., & Junwei, Z. (2013). Numeric analysis and simulation of space vector pulse width modulation. Advances in Engineering Software, 65, 60-65.
• Jesmin F. Khan, S. M. (2013). Space vector PWM for a two-phase VSI. Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 51, 265-277.
• Kumar, K. V., Michael, P. A., John, J. P., & Kumar, S. S. (2010). Simulation and Comparison of SPWM and SVPWM Control for Three Phase Inverter. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 61-74.
• Nandhakumar, S., & Jeevananthan, S. (2007). Inverted Sine Carrier Pulse Width Modulation for Fundamental Fortification in DC-AC Converters. 7th International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (s. 1028-1034). Bangkok, Thailand: IEEE.
• Oka, K., & Matsuse, K. (2011). A novel PWM technique with switching-loss reduction for independent drive of two 3-phase AC motors fed by a five-leg inverter. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6, 260-265.
• Rashid, M. H. (2003). Power Electronics Devices, Circuits and Applications. Upper Saddle River: NJ:Prentice Hall Inc.
• Vural, A. M. (2016). PSCAD modelling of a two-level space vector pulse width modulation algorithm for power electronics education. Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology, 3(2), 333-347.
• Wanchai, S. (2016). A Comparative Study of Sinusoidal PWM and Third Harmonic Injected PWM Reference Signal on Five Level Diode Clamp Inverter. Energy Procedia, 89, 137-148.
• Zhenyu, Y., Arefeen, M., & Issa, P. (1997). A Review of Three PWM Techniques. Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference (s. 257-261). Albuquerque, NM, USA: IEEE.