Sistemas de conversão de energia multiníveis obtidos através da interconexão de módulos de conversores estáticos de potência de dois níveis.

Abstract

Static converters are a widely used equipment in power systems to control the electrical energy low between sources and loads. In this context, it is observed a demand for converters topologies that generate high quality waveforms and are capable of supplying loads with ever larger powers. In high power applications such as industrial and power systems, the development of a special class of converters topologies, denominated multilevel converters, has been widely recognized as a viable solution to overcome the operational limits of semiconductor devices. In this work are developed and analyzed multilevel structures of type DC-AC applied to the six-phase machines drives and of type AC-DC-AC feeding singlephase and three-phase loads. These topologies are obtained by interconnecting two-level converters modules in order to optimize the system: reduction of losses in the semiconductor devices, harmonic distortion of the signals and ratings of voltage and/or current in the power switches. For this investigation were performed steady state analyzes, where the operatinglimits of the structures to the imposed control conditions and the behavior of the fundamental component of voltage and current are evaluated. In addition, for each investigated topology, were developed: dynamic models, PWM techniques, control strategies, simulation results and experimental results. The impact of this optimization is quanti ed by calculating the THD and WTHD of the current and voltage signals generated by the converter and by estimating losses in the semiconductor devices. Finally, a comparative study is done using conventional converters as reference in order to evaluate the performance of the proposed topologies