Uniform carrier‐based PWM method for three‐phase three‐level three‐wire and four‐wire converter system with neutral‐point balancing.

In this study, a simple carrier‐based pulse‐width modulation (CBPWM) method is proposed for a three‐phase three‐level neutral‐point‐clamped converter with neutral‐point (NP) balancing, which can be applied to three‐phase three‐wire (TPTW) and three‐phase four‐wire (TPFW) converter systems simultaneously. First, the effect of each switching state for the NP potential in TPTW and TPFW systems is analysed in detail, and a newly NP control strategy by reconstructing the switching state and adjusting the corresponding duration time is deduced for all operation conditions, it only needs to add the offset voltage to the modulation reference voltage to guarantee the NP balance and is easy to implement. Then, under all operating conditions, the mathematical model of NP current is derived and analysed to evaluate the low‐frequency voltage oscillation in the NP. Finally, the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed CBPWM strategy are verified by the experimental results based on a 12 kVA laboratory prototype. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]