Power Decoupling Control of Electrolytic Capacitor-Less Dual-Inverter to Reduce Interharmonic Currents Under Periodic Load Fluctuation

Abstract

This study proposes a control method for an electrolytic capacitor-less dual-inverter with an aim to reduce the interharmonic currents. Owing to the low-energy buffer of the electrolytic capacitor-less inverter, load fluctuations superimpose harmonic currents on the input current. The proposed control method facilitates output power pulsation control of main inverter, which is a constant frequency regardless of load fluctuations. The experimental results exhibit a reduction in the interharmonic currents at 20 and 80Hz by 68 and 72%, respectively. Moreover, the power factor is improved by 11 pt., and total harmonic distortion (THD) of the input current is reduced by 26 pt. under rated load conditions. Therefore, the proposed control method can effectively reduce the interharmonic currents and improve the power factor and THD of the input current.