A Comparative Study of the Effect of Different Converter Topologies on the Iron Loss of Nonoriented Electrical Steel

In this paper, a comparative study of the effect of different converter topologies on the iron loss of nonoriented electrical steel is presented. Three converter topologies are considered in this investigation; namely: two-, three-, and five-level power converters. Moreover, the effect of the carrier frequency on both the iron loss and converter loss is introduced. The experimental results show a dramatic increase of the iron loss for the two-level converter, especially for low levels of the carrier frequency. Furthermore, the increase of the iron loss is negligible for the multilevel converter topologies. Specifically, the use of the five-level converter, even at a low value of the carrier frequency, results in lower iron losses than the three-level converter at a relatively higher carrier frequency.

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