Design aspects and analysis for higher order harmonic mitigation of power converter feeding a vector controlled Induction motor drives

In this paper, design of autotransformer based 24 Step AC-DC converter fed vector controlled Induction motor drive is presented and its Matlab/Simulink model is given. Also these results are compared with 12-pulse AC-DC converter fed vector controlled Induction motor drive. This paper deals with various multipulse AC-DC converters for improving the power quality in vector-controlled induction motor drives (VCIMDs) at the point of common coupling. These multipulse AC-DC converters are realized using a reduced rating autotransformer. Moreover, DC ripple reinjection is used to double the rectification pulses resulting in an effective harmonic mitigation. The proposed AC-DC converter is able to eliminate up to 21st harmonics in the supply current. The effect of load variation on VCIMD is also studied to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed AC-DC converter. A set of power quality indices on input AC mains and on the DC bus for a VCIMD fed from different AC-DC converters is also given to compare their performance. Simulation results of VCIMD were obtained in MATLAB & SIMULINK with NO LOAD & ON LOAD.