Scalar and Vector Controlled Infinite Level Inverter (ILI) Topology Fed Open-Ended Three-Phase Induction Motor

• Main Authors: Hareesh A., Jayanand B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
• Series: IEEE Access
• Subjects: Active-front-end; multi-level inverters; reduced-device-count; scalar and direct vector control; three-phase infinite level inverter
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9478909/

The design and performance analysis of an open-ended three-phase induction motor, driven by an Infinite Level Inverter (ILI) with its speed control using scalar and direct vector control techniques are presented in this paper. The ILI belongs to an Active-Front-End (AFE) Reduced-Device-Count (RDC) Multi-level Inverter (MLI) topology. The fundamental structure of this inverter topology is a dc-to-dc buck converter followed by an H-bridge. This topology performs a high-quality power conversion without any shoot-through issues and reverse recovery problems. The performance of the proposed topology is validated using a resistive load. The THD of output voltage waveform obtained is 1.2%. Moreover, this topology has exhibited a high degree of dc-source voltage utilization. ILI considerably reduces the switching and conduction losses, since only one switch per phase is operated at high frequency, and other switches are operated at power frequency. The overall efficiency of the inverter is 98%. The speed control performance of the ILI topology using three-phase open-ended induction motor has been further validated through scalar and direct vector control techniques. Results obtained from simulation studies are verified experimentally.