AN IMPROVED INVERTER SYSTEM FOR UPS APPLICATIONS

Author’s Name :  Vidhya M | Sritha P | S Bhuvaneswari

Volume 02 Issue 04  Year 2015  ISSN No:  2349-2503  Page no: 5-10

Abstract:

This paper proposes the performance improvement of the power converters in Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) based on size reduction, efficiency improvement and power quality. The traditional UPS consists of step up transformer or dc-dc chopper to boost the voltage which decreases the efficiency, reduces the power quality and leads to increase the cost of energy conversion. Many PWM techniques are available for inverter switching. This paper introduces the concept of space vector modulation for four wire voltage source inverters. The Space vector modulation scheme generates the inverter leg switching time from the sampled reference phase voltage amplitudes. It involves sector identification and lookup tables. The four wire inverters are used in many applications to handle the neutral current caused by the unbalanced and non-linear load. The Space Vector Modulation (SVM) for four wire voltage source inverter is simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK model for two level output voltages. Further the results are analyzed for various loading conditions for two level output voltage waveform.

Key Words:

Inverter, Space Vector Modulation, THD

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