Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage

This paper proposes new fault-tolerant (FT) space-vector modulation (SVM) techniques for three-level T-type inverter (3L-T2I) to balance neutral-point voltage (NPV) under faulty conditions. Unlike conventional FT-SVM methods, which use three-nearest vectors to synthesize output voltages, the propose...

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Main Authors: Duc-Tri do, Anh-Tuan Nguyen-Phan, Khai M. Nguyen, Vinh-Thanh Tran
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Anh-Tuan Nguyen-Phan
Khai M. Nguyen
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description This paper proposes new fault-tolerant (FT) space-vector modulation (SVM) techniques for three-level T-type inverter (3L-T2I) to balance neutral-point voltage (NPV) under faulty conditions. Unlike conventional FT-SVM methods, which use three-nearest vectors to synthesize output voltages, the proposed SVM methods add one small vector to conventional switching sequences to obtain NPV balance. Dwell-time of extra vectors are maximized to decrease NPV balanced time. Comparing to conventional FT-SVM methods, the proposed approaches can significantly reduce the difference in capacitor voltages. As a result, the amplitudes of DC component and high-order harmonics of output currents are also reduced. Consequently, the quality of output current is improved. Experimental results, which are conducted by a 1.1-kVA laboratory prototype, are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed FT methods. Comparison studies based on experimental results are also presented to demonstrate the advantages of NPV balance of the proposed method compared to conventional FT methods.
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spelling doaj-art-a14b8432ef394bd6b85cec3fd14f6d942025-08-20T03:52:43ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113780847809610.1109/ACCESS.2025.356585610980350Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point VoltageDuc-Tri do0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-5208Anh-Tuan Nguyen-Phan1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9504-5871Khai M. Nguyen2https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8586-5808Vinh-Thanh Tran3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-5077Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamThis paper proposes new fault-tolerant (FT) space-vector modulation (SVM) techniques for three-level T-type inverter (3L-T2I) to balance neutral-point voltage (NPV) under faulty conditions. Unlike conventional FT-SVM methods, which use three-nearest vectors to synthesize output voltages, the proposed SVM methods add one small vector to conventional switching sequences to obtain NPV balance. Dwell-time of extra vectors are maximized to decrease NPV balanced time. Comparing to conventional FT-SVM methods, the proposed approaches can significantly reduce the difference in capacitor voltages. As a result, the amplitudes of DC component and high-order harmonics of output currents are also reduced. Consequently, the quality of output current is improved. Experimental results, which are conducted by a 1.1-kVA laboratory prototype, are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed FT methods. Comparison studies based on experimental results are also presented to demonstrate the advantages of NPV balance of the proposed method compared to conventional FT methods.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10980350/T-type inverterfault-tolerantneutral-point voltage balancingopen-circuit faultspace-vector modulation
spellingShingle Duc-Tri do
Anh-Tuan Nguyen-Phan
Khai M. Nguyen
Vinh-Thanh Tran
Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage
IEEE Access
T-type inverter
fault-tolerant
neutral-point voltage balancing
open-circuit fault
space-vector modulation
title Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage
title_full Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage
title_fullStr Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage
title_full_unstemmed Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage
title_short Fault-Tolerant Methods for Three-Level T-Type Inverter to Balance Neutral-Point Voltage
title_sort fault tolerant methods for three level t type inverter to balance neutral point voltage
topic T-type inverter
fault-tolerant
neutral-point voltage balancing
open-circuit fault
space-vector modulation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10980350/
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