Improved selective harmonic elimination for reducing torque harmonics of induction motors in wide DC bus voltage variations

Abstract

Abstract-Conventionally, Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE) method in 2-level inverters, finds best switching angles to reach first voltage harmonic to reference level and eliminate other harmonics, simultaneously. Considering Induction Motor (IM) as the inverter load, and wide DC bus voltage variations, the inverter must operate in both over-modulation and linear modulation region. Main objective of the modified SHE is to reduce harmonic torques through finding the best switching angles. In this paper, optimization is based on optimizing phasor equations in which harmonic torques are calculated. The procedure of this method is that, first, the ratio of the same torque harmonics is estimated, secondly, by using that estimation, the ratio of voltage harmonics that generates homogeneous torques is calculated. For the estimation and the calculation of the ratios motor parameter, mechanical speed of the rotor, the applied frequency, and the concept of slip are used. The advantage of this approach is highlighted when mechanical load and DC bus voltage variations are taken into consideration. Simulation results are presented under a wide range of working conditions in an induction motor to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.Index Terms--Induction motor drive, torque harmonics reduction, modified SHE PWM, various dc bus voltage, low switching frequency.

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