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Optimized high power voltage sourced inverter system
Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute
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Filing: 1995-05-22
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Granted: 1996-05-07
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Expires: 2015-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A voltage sourced inverter system includes an inverter for coupling to a DC power source and an interphase transformer bank coupled to the inverter. The inverter includes a number of poles for providing discretely displaced voltage waveforms to the interphase transformer bank. A main transformer operably coupled to the interphase transformer bank transforms power therefrom into an AC power output. The interphase transformer bank may be a singular stage or a hierarchial arrangement of plural interphase transformers which combine the discretely displaced voltage waveforms to reduce selected harmonic components therefrom. The inverter may provide notched waveforms to remove additional selected harmonics from the discretely displaced voltage waveforms. A method of inverting DC power into AC power with reduced selected harmonic components is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric J. Stacey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 16:15
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M7/00; H02M7/42; H02M7/44; H02M7/48; H02M7/483; H02M7/49
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A voltage sourced inverter system, comprising: an inverter for coupling to a DC power source, said inverter having a number of poles providing a plurality of inverter output voltage waveforms discretely displaced from one another in a predetermined manner; a main transformer for providing an AC power output of said inverter system; and a plurality of zig-zag interphase transformers connected between said inverter and said main transformer, each zig-zag interphase transformer including at least three modular transformers, a primary of a first modular transformer including a first primary node connected to said main transformer and a second primary node connected to a secondary of another modular transformer, a secondary of said modular transformer with a first secondary node connected to said inverter and a second secondary node connected to a primary of another modular transformer, such that each zig-zag interphase transformer of said plurality of zig-zag interphase transformers receives at least three inverter output voltage waveforms of said plurality of inverter output voltage waveforms, and generates an average output voltage therefrom for application to said main transformer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
A voltage sourced inverter system, comprising: an inverter for coupling to a DC power source, said inverter having a number of poles providing a plurality of inverter output voltage waveforms discretely displaced from one another in a predetermined manner; a main transformer for providing an AC power output of said inverter system; and a plurality of zig-zag interphase transformers connected between said inverter and said main transformer, each zig-zag interphase transformer including at least three modular transformers, a primary of a first modular transformer including a first primary node connected to said main transformer and a second primary node connected to a secondary of another modular transformer, a secondary of said modular transformer with a first secondary node connected to said inverter and a second secondary node connected to a primary of another modular transformer, such that each zig-zag interphase transformer of said plurality of zig-zag interphase transformers receives at least three inverter output voltage waveforms of said plurality of inverter output voltage waveforms, and generates an average output voltage therefrom for application to said main transformer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 1 wherein said inverter has eighteen poles, and said set of zig-zag interphase transformers includes six zig-zag interphase transformers, to provide a thirty-six pulse quasi-harmonic neutralized inverter system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 2 wherein at least one of said zig-zag interphase transformers comprises a modular three-input zig-zag interphase transformer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 1 wherein said inverter has twenty-four poles, and said set of zig-zag interphase transformers includes at least six zig-zag interphase transformers, to provide a forty-eight pulse quasi-harmonic neutralized inverter system.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 4 wherein at least one of said zig-zag interphase transformers comprises a modular four-input zig-zag interphase transformer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
73 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 1 wherein said inverter has thirty-six poles, and said set of zig-zag interphase transformers includes eighteen zig-zag interphase transformers hierarchically arranged into first and second stages which are coupled together, with said first stage comprising twelve zig-zag interphase transformers coupled to said inverter and said second stage comprising six zig-zag interphase transformers coupled to said main transformer, to provide a seventy-two pulse quasi-harmonic neutralized inverter system.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 1 wherein said inverter has thirty-six poles, and said set of zig-zag interphase transformers includes six zig-zag interphase transformers, with each zig-zag interphase transformer comprising a modular six-input zig-zag interphase transformer, to provide a seventy-two pulse quasi-harmonic neutralized inverter system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The voltage sourced inverter system of claim 1 wherein said inverter has thirty-six poles, and said set of zig-zag interphase transformers includes six interphase transformers, with each zig-zag interphase transformer comprising a six-input zig-zag interphase transformer, to provide a seventy-two pulse quasi-harmonic neutralized inverter system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The voltage sourced inverter system according to claim 1 wherein said inverter has sixty poles, and said set of zig-zag interphase transformers includes six zig-zag interphase transformers, with each zig-zag interphase transformer comprising a ten-input zig-zag interphase transformer, to provide a one-hundred-twenty pulse quasi-harmonic neutralized inverter system.
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