Dead time compensation for grid-connected PWM inverter

This paper proposes a new dead time compensation method for a PWM inverter. Recently, PWM inverters are widely used for industrial applications, such as ac motor drives, distributed grid-connected systems and a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM). The nonlinear characteristics of the switch and the dead time cause a current distortion and a deterioration of the power quality. The dominant harmonics is the 5th and 7th harmonics in the stationary reference frame, and the 6th harmonics in the synchronously rotating frame. In this paper, a resonant controller which compensates the 6th harmonics in the synchronously rotating frame is proposed. This method does not require any off-line experimental measurements, additional hardware and complicated mathematical calculations. Furthermore it is easy to implement and does not cause any stability problem.

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