抄録
A new method for reducing harmonics in the output voltage of a three-phase voltage source inverter is proposed. This method is applied to a conventional six-step inverter with a three-phase output transformer. In the proposed inverter, two capacitors are used as dc source; further, four auxiliary switching devices and a single-phase transformer are included in the inverter, and harmonics are injected to the neutral point of the three-phase transformer. As a result, the output voltage of the proposed inverter becomes almost equal to that of a conventional 18-step inverter, which has 18 switching devices and three three-phase output transformers.
In this paper, the circuit performances and output voltage waveforms are discussed, and the optimum parameters are determined by taking into account the effect of harmonics reduction. Then, the characteristics of an inverter system connected to a grid are experimentally investigated. Furthermore, the ratings of several components are clarified by the theoretical results.
