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A new implementation of an iron-loss model for laminated magnetic cores in the MATLAB/Simulink environment is proposed in this paper. The model is based on numerically solving a one-dimensional diffusion problem for the eddy currents in the core lamination and applying an accurate hysteresis model as the constitutive law. An excess loss model is also considered. The model is identified merely based on the catalog data provided by the core material manufacturer. The implementation is validated with analytical and finite-element models and experimentally in the case of a toroidal inductor supplied from a GaN FET full-bridge inverter with 5–500 kHz switching frequencies and a deadtime of 300 ns. Despite the simple identification, a good correspondence is observed between the simulated and measured iron losses, the average difference being 3.3% over the wide switching frequency range. It is shown that accounting for the skin effect in the laminations is significant, in order to correctly model the iron losses at different switching frequencies. Some differences between the measured and simulated results at high switching frequencies are also discussed. The model is concluded to be applicable for designing and analyzing laminated magnetic cores in combination with power-electronics circuits. The Simulink models are openly available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Power electronic converters for medium- and high-power/voltage applications employ low-frequency fundamental switching frequencies and, therefore, minimize switching losses. There are two main control techniques of switching angle estimation; total harmonic distortion (THD) minimization and selective harmonic elimination (SHE). In case of the first control technique, the switching angles are found based on THD minimization without being specifically focused on eliminating some exact harmonics. For the SHE control technique, all degrees of freedom, due to available number of switching angles, is used for the elimination of certain low-order harmonics. The basic idea of combining those two control techniques consists of using some degrees of freedom for eliminating certain harmonics and using the others for minimizing the remaining THD content. This generalized problem formulation includes classic minimal THD and SHE problems as special cases. Theoretical developments are verified by the set of experimental cases for the voltage and current THDs selecting characteristic working points over the modulation index range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses theoretical calculation of a single-phase multilevel pulsewidth modulation (PWM) inverter current total harmonic distortion (THD). Analytical approach introduced in late 1980s for a two-level inverter is generalized for an arbitrary level count for a single-phase inverter. Although the obtained closed-form piecewise analytical solutions assume (infinitely) large ratio of switching and fundamental frequencies and pure inductive load, they are practically very accurate for the ratios of (apparent) switching and fundamental frequencies larger than 25–30 and inductance-dominated loads. Along with strict mathematical solutions, simple accurate Bessel function approximation and hyperbolic average trend one are suggested. The formulas clearly reveal a single-phase PWM inverter current THD dependence on modulation index for an arbitrary voltage level count and are easily modified to cover grid-connected cases. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Many recent multilevel inverter papers end up with voltage total harmonic distortion (THD) values obtained from numerical voltage spectrum calculations (measurements). Motivated by IEEE Standard 519, a part of the multilevel research community uses a limited harmonic count to evaluate the multilevel voltage quality. First, this causes significant voltage THD underestimation, particularly for relatively high frequency PWM. Second, for a three-phase star-connected balanced load with an isolated neutral and phase symmetric modulation strategy, the calculated load line and phase voltage THD become different. However, simple considerations show that line and phase voltage THDs are essentially the same in this case. It may be difficult to judge about the multilevel voltage quality given a numerically calculated (measured) voltage THD value that may be subject to computation errors. Presented are simple smooth hyperbolic voltage THD upper and lower bound approximations for single- and three-phase inverters with nearest synchronous switching. They are valid for arbitrary modulation indices and uniformly distributed level counts and may practically serve as good reference values. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The measurement method on the basis of locked rotor tests has been developed for the estimation of magnet PWM carrier eddy current loss in synchronous machines. In the measurement, the magnet eddy current loss is separated from the other losses by subtracting the loss of the machine without the magnets from that with the magnets under the appropriate control of armature currents and voltages. The 3-D finite element analysis is also carried out in order to confirm the validity of the proposed measurement method. The measured and calculated results are found to be in good agreement. It is clarified that the magnet eddy current loss of the machine can be predicted from the results of the proposed measurement method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a comments on the paper, "Nearest and non-nearest three vector modulations of NPCI using two-level space vector diagram - a novel approach," (Babu, N. and Agarwal, P.), IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1999-2009, 2013. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]