TY - GEN
T1 - Loss-Constrained Optimized Pulse Patterns for Three-Level Converters with Robustness to Power Factor Variations
AU - Koukoula, Isavella
AU - Karamanakos, Petros
AU - Geyer, Tobias
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This paper presents the computation of three-level optimized pulse patterns (OPPs) that limit the converter losses and are robust to power factor variations. By constraining the switching and conduction losses in the optimization process the trade-off between converter losses and current harmonic distortions can be improved. Moreover, to increase the solution space of the loss-constrained OPP problem, and thus have more degrees of freedom when establishing the Pareto optimal solutions, the symmetry properties of conventional OPPs are relaxed. Additionally, by constraining the losses not only for a specific power factor but for a range of them, the variation of the losses is small when varying the power factor. As a result, the converter efficiency is improved over a wide range of operating points, as shown with the presented results.
AB - This paper presents the computation of three-level optimized pulse patterns (OPPs) that limit the converter losses and are robust to power factor variations. By constraining the switching and conduction losses in the optimization process the trade-off between converter losses and current harmonic distortions can be improved. Moreover, to increase the solution space of the loss-constrained OPP problem, and thus have more degrees of freedom when establishing the Pareto optimal solutions, the symmetry properties of conventional OPPs are relaxed. Additionally, by constraining the losses not only for a specific power factor but for a range of them, the variation of the losses is small when varying the power factor. As a result, the converter efficiency is improved over a wide range of operating points, as shown with the presented results.
U2 - 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362091
DO - 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362091
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
SP - 4644
EP - 4651
BT - 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
PB - IEEE
T2 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
Y2 - 29 October 2023 through 2 November 2023
ER -