Design, implementation, and verification of a multipurpose, flexible, three-phase back-to-back voltage-source inverter

In this thesis, I designed, implemented, and verified a multi-purpose,three-phase back-to- back voltage source inverter for grid connected applications. This inverter features extensive hardware protection, opto-isolation between the power stage and the controller, and reconfigurable I/O routing. The converter is designed for both research and teaching to enable rapid prototyping and verification of advanced control algorithms for grid-connected converters, motor drives etc. I also demonstrate the utility of the power electronics converter as a vector controlled PMSM motor drive. Finally, I use the inverter to perform frequency domain validation of a hardware-in-the-loop simulator. I then design and implement a virtual spectrum analyzer, whose implementation required the creation of a DFT algorithm in python based on the Goertzel algorithm.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Chai, Elaina T

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ivan Celanovic.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91449

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/91449