Dual‐Inverter Circuit Topologies for Supplying Open‐Ended Loads

Power electronic converters are nowadays the most suitable solution to provide a variable voltage/current in industry. The most commonly used power converter is the three-phase two-level voltage source inverter which transforms a direct-current input voltage into alternating-current output voltage with adjustable magnitude and frequency. Power inverters are used to supply three-phase loads which are typically connected in wye or delta configurations. However, in previous years, a type of connection consisting on leaving both terminal ends of the load opened has been studied as an alternative to standard wye or delta connection. To supply loads with this type of connection, two power inverters (one at each terminal end of the load) are required in a circuit topology called dual-inverter. In this chapter, a general study of the dual-inverter topology is presented. The advantages and issues of such converter are studied and different modulation strategies are shown and discussed. Moreover, multilevel dual-inverter converters are presented as an extension to the basic two-level idea. For evaluation purposes, simulations results are presented.

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