Impact of DC-link Voltage Ripple on Induction Motor Drives Utilizing Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter
Main Article Content
Abstract
This article investigates the impact of DC-link voltage ripple on the performance of the 5-level CHB IM drive, especially focusing on torque ripple and speed variations. Each H-bridge cell of the CHB inverter obtains an isolated DC power supply from a single-phase full-bridge rectifier. Particular capacitance values are utilized on the output side of rectifiers to visibly demonstrate the different amounts of ripple in the DC-link voltage. In this study, the motor speed is consistently held at 500 rpm throughout the operating range, while the load torque is considered in both no-load and with-load conditions. The IPD level-shifted technique is employed to produce the switching signals of the 5-level CHB IM drive, which is based on the FOC strategy. The validation of the drive system performance influenced by the quality of the DC-link voltage waveform is entirely verified by simulation results.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
- Creative Commons Copyright License
The journal allows readers to download and share all published articles as long as they properly cite such articles; however, they cannot change them or use them commercially. This is classified as CC BY-NC-ND for the creative commons license.
- Retention of Copyright and Publishing Rights
The journal allows the authors of the published articles to hold copyrights and publishing rights without restrictions.
References
Z. Ni, A. H. Abuelnaga and M. Narimani, "A New Fault-Tolerant Technique Based on Nonsymmetrical Selective Harmonic Elimination for Cascaded H-Bridge Motor Drives," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 4610-4622, June 2021.
B. Wu and M. Narimani, High Power Converters and AC Drives, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2017, ch. 7.
H. Yao, Y. Yan, Y. Cao, P. Song and T. Shi, "A Variable Duty Cycle-Based Predictive Control for PMSM Fed by Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 4195-4206, Aug. 2022.
P. S. Jamwal, S. Singh and S. Jain, "Three-Level Inverters for Induction Motor Driven Electric Vehicles," 3rd International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Clean Energy Technologies, Shillong, Meghalaya, India, pp. 1-6, 2021.
N. A. Rahim, M. F. M. Elias and W. P. Hew, "Transistor-Clamped H-Bridge Based Cascaded Multilevel Inverter with New Method of Capacitor Voltage Balancing," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2943-2956, Aug. 2013.
P. Kant and B. Singh, "Multiwinding Transformer Fed CHB Inverter with On-Line Switching Angle Calculation Based SHE Technique for Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drive," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 2807-2815, May-June 2020.
G. Pongnot, A. Desreveaux, C. Mayet, D. Labrousse and F. Roy, "Comparative Analysis of a Low-Voltage CHB Inverter Without PWM and Two-Level IGBT/SiC Inverters for Electric Vehicles on Driving Cycles," IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, vol. 6, pp. 542-553, 2025.
D. Kang, S. Badawi, Z. Ni, A. H. Abuelnaga, M. Narimani and N. R. Zargari, "Review of Reduced Switch-Count Power Cells for Regenerative Cascaded H-Bridge Motor Drives," IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 82944-82963, 2022.
M. A. Tariq and S. A. Rahman Kashif, "Impact of the Voltage Profiles of CHB vs MW-Type Inverters on Torque and Speed Ripples for 3-Phase Induction Motors," 2024 IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1-7, 2024.
F. Khoucha, S. M. Lagoun, K. Marouani, A. Kheloui and M. E. H. Benbouzid, "Hybrid Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel-Inverter Induction-Motor-Drive Direct Torque Control for Automotive Applications," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 892-899, March 2010.
Q. Sun et al., "Reconsideration on Capacitor Ripple Voltage of CHB-StatCom: Observation, Modeling, Analysis, and Application of Ripple Effect from Design Perspective," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 13626-13640, Nov. 2022.
Z. Ni, A. Abuelnaga, M. Narimani and N. R. Zargari, "DC-Link Voltage Ripple Control of Regenerative CHB Drives for Capacitance Reduction," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 3245-3254, April 2022.
A. H. Abuelnaga, Z. Ni, S. Badawi, M. Narimani, A. Sayed-Ahmed and N. R. Zargari, "A New Active Front-End Control for Regenerative Cascaded H-Bridge Motor Drives with Filter-Less Interfacing Capability," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 8559-8570, July 2023.
Q. Song, W. Yang, B. Zhao, J. Meng, S. Xu and Z. Zhu, "Low-Capacitance Modular Multilevel Converter Operating with High Capacitor Voltage Ripples," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 7456-7467, Oct. 2019.
D. Kang et al., "A Reduced Switch Count Power Cell for Regenerative Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) Converter," IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 161453-161467, 2024.
J. Shen, S. Schröder, J. Gao and B. Qu, "Impact of DC-Link Voltage Ripples on the Machine-Side Performance in NPC H-Bridge Topology," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 3212-3223, July-Aug. 2016.
Y. Zhang, Z. Li, F. Gao, C. Zhao, H. Zhang and Y. Li, "Analysis of DC-Link Voltage Fluctuations in CHB Inverter with Supercapacitor and DC–DC Stage Under Hybrid Modulation Strategy," 2024 IEEE 10th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC2024-ECCE Asia), Chengdu, China, pp. 2184-2188, 2024.
A. Poorfakhraei, M. Narimani and A. Emadi, “A Review of Modulation and Control Techniques for Multilevel Inverters in Traction Applications,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 24187-24204, Feb. 2021.
M. Angulo, P. Lezana, S. Kouro, J. Rodriguez, and B. Wu, “Level-Shifted PWM for Cascaded Multilevel Inverters with Even Power Distribution,” in 2007 IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 2007, pp. 2373-2378.
S. S. Choi, M. -H. Yoon, C. M. Park and S. H. Lim, "Analysis on Arcing Reduction due to Driving Operation of Induction Motor through Application of SFCL in a Power Distribution System," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1-5, Aug. 2025.
G. Abad. Narimani, Power Electronics and Electric Drives for Traction Applications, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2017, ch. 2.
S. M. Yang and K. W. Lin, "Automatic control loop tuning for permanent-magnet AC servo motor drives, " IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1499-1506, Mar. 2016.
F. Mendoza-Mondragón, V. M. Hernández-Guzmán, and J. Rodríguez-Reséndiz, "Robust speed control of permanent magnet synchronous motors using two-degrees-of-freedom control," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 6099-6108, Aug. 2018.
S. H. Kim, Control of Direct Current Motors, in Electric Motor Control DC, AC, and BLDC Motors, Elsevier, 2017, ch. 2.
P. Kaewma, N. Pothi, and C. Rakpenthai, "Dynamic response analysis of induction motor drive influenced by controller design methods," International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 129-137, March 2025.
D. Mohan, X. Zhang and G. H. Beng Foo, “Generalized DTC Strategy for Multilevel Inverter Fed IPMSMs with Constant Inverter Switching Frequency and Reduced Torque Ripples,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1031-1041, Sep. 2017.
