Solution to DC circulating current in parallel inverter

In this paper, a circulating current elimination scheme for common dc bus parallel inverter system is proposed. A dead-time elimination sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) is presented to overcome the circulating current caused by dead-time effects. Though the PD modulation was regarded as the optimum solution in most single NPC cases, it offers worse performance in the two parallel NPC application due to higher circulating current.

How does circulating current affect a parallel-connected inverter?

However, when the inverters share a common DC source and AC bus, a circulating current is generated, which causes output current distortion and system power losses. These harmonic components of circulating current influence the inverter life cycle, and it can limit the power rating of the total parallel-connected inverter.

Is there a circulating current elimination Scheme for common DC bus parallel inverter?

In this paper, a circulating current elimination scheme for common dc bus parallel inverter system is proposed. A dead-time elimination sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) is presented to overcome the circulating current caused by dead-time effects.

How circulating current flows between inverters?

The circulating current flows between inverters due to DC-offset voltage and fluctuation of AC output voltages. This strategy uses the fundamental voltage and phase droop scheme to allow the inverters to share their load currents and uses a DC-offset droop scheme in order to eliminate DC circulating current.

Can inverters be connected in parallel to DC and AC buses?

When inverters are linked in parallel to both common DC and AC buses, we must address both the zero-sequence and cross-sequence circulating-current problems . The DC bus was considered to be a constant voltage source in this research. Fig. 2. Zero-sequence circulating current path.

What is the path of circulating current in a parallel inverter?

The path of the circulating current in the parallel inverter is divided into two groups based on the inclusions of the voltage source. The first group of current paths does not have any voltage sources when the switching states Sx1 and Sx2 are similar.

Do parallel-connected inverters ovoid circulating currents?

In this paper, a novel simple and effective controller for parallel-connected inverters is proposed to ovoid the circulating currents among the inverters. Convergence efficiency and low computational cost of the suggested controller based on integral backstepping method are the primary motivations of this work.

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