Fast Sensorless Voltage Balancing in PUC5 Inverter with phase-shift modulation
Hanzi Zhu (Student TU Delft)
Azadeh Kermansaravi (TU Delft - Intelligent Electrical Power Grids)
Pavol Bauer (TU Delft - DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage)
H. Vahedi (TU Delft - DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage)
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Abstract
This paper proposes a novel sensorless phase-shift modulation-based voltage balancing technique for a 5-level Packed U-Cell (PUC5) inverter. Two phase-shifted triangular carriers are used to modulate the reference signal and generate the appropriate gate pulses. The switching pulse generation is specifically designed to charge and discharge the capacitor at the speed of switching frequency, resulting in a fast voltage balancing of the auxiliary capacitor. Compared with the reported level-shifted modulation method, the proposed technique simplifies comparators and logic gates while keeping the benefit of fast sensorless voltage balancing and, consequently, the capacitor size reduction. In other words, it modifies the reference signal to achieve the fast voltage balancing of the auxiliary capacitor in PUC5. Simulation results are shown to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed technique.