Multilevel Inverters For Electric Vehicle Applications

This paper presents multilevel inverters as an application for all electric vehicle ev and hybrid electric vehicle hev motor drives.

Multilevel inverters for electric vehicle applications.

And 3 make an ev more. Multilevel inverters for electric vehicle applications article tolbert1998multilevelif title multilevel inverters for electric vehicle applications author leon m. Only reactive power flows between the converter and the system in static var compensation whereas the converter must handle bidirectional real power flow in the. It has multilevel dc dc converter with a dc link capacitor voltage balance feature.

2 have almost no electromagnetic interference emi and common mode voltage. Multilevel inverters can draw input current with low distortion 3. The multilevel converter has several advantages that is. The multilevel inverters produce common mode voltage reducing the stress of the motor and don t damage the motor.

In order to have a clear understanding of multi level inverters one should have an explicit idea about inverters and its purpose in power electronics. A hybrid clamped multilevel inverter topology comprising active and passive. 2 have almost no electromagnetic interference emi and common mode voltage. This paper presents multilevel inverters as an application for all electric vehicle ev and hybrid electric vehicle hev motor drives.

Hybrid diode clamped multi level inverter for electric vehicle applications. And 3 make an ev more accessible. The multilevel dc dc converter operates in a bidirectional manner which is a fundamental requirement in evs. Using multilevel inverters as drives for automotive electric motors is a much different application than for the utility applications for which they were originality developed 7 9.

Habetler oak ridge national laboratory georgia institute of technology p o. In the electric vehicles available on the market today a high voltage 200 400 v battery pack composed of several battery modules is connected to one or more inverters which create ac voltages to the electric propulsion machines. Diode clamped inverters and cascaded h bridge inverters. Multilevel inverters for electric vehicle applications leon m.

This thesis analyses the use of a modular battery inverter con cept the cascaded multilevel inverter. Box 2009 school of electrical and computer engineering oak ridge tn 37831 8038 atlanta ga 30332 0250 tel. 1 can generate near sinusoidal voltages with only fundamental frequency switching. Advantages of multilevel inverter.

Habetler journal power electronics in transportation cat. Tolbert and fang zheng peng and thomas g. Diode clamped inverters and cascaded h bridge inverters 1 can generate near sinusoidal voltages with only fundamental frequency switching. Multilevel inverters types applications advantages and disadvantages all things have been explained in this article.