Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis, Vol 8, No 3 (2016)

Experimental Investigation of a Six-Phase Variable Frequency Drive

Tadas Lipinskis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Vytautas Bleizgys (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

Abstract


Experimental results of a variable frequency drive, consisting of a six-phase voltage source inverter and six-phase asynchronous AC motor are presented in this paper. Frequency converter uses a six-phase space vector PWM scheme created by the author. The voltage forming scheme is implemented in Matlab/Simulink, and logical signals for inverter control are transferred from PC via the National instruments PCI-6024E data acquisition card. Voltages, at which the experimental motor operates at maximum efficiency, were determined experimentally. Motor transitions, when it is operating with one, two, and three failed phase windings are presented, confirming that a six-phase motor can operate with up to three failed windings.

Article in: Lithuanian

Article published: 2016-06-29

Keyword(s): six-phase asynchronous symmetrical motor; six-phase voltage source inverter; space vector PWM; multiphase variable frequency drive.

DOI: 10.3846/mla.2016.937

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