<p>One of ABB Power Systems´s business areas is HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) technology. HVDC is used for transmissions for both short and long distances. One of Power Systems’s products is called HVDC Light. </p><p>HVDC Light is a relatively new technology for power transmission, but have before only been used for motor drives applications. The technology is based on VSC (Voltage Source Converter) that uses a technique called PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). </p><p>There are a lot of PWM patterns that have been examined, but not in the field of power transmission where ABB Power Systems is working. </p><p>The different PWM patterns can be used for reducing switching losses or harmonics, that can cause the need of external filters to decrease or increase. </p><p>The purpose of this report is to give a general picture of the system that generates the PWM patterns. The report describes some main components in the system. T</p><p>he thesis also present amplitude spectrum from various PWM patterns - generated by signals that have been pulse width modulated with a triangle- shaped wave. </p><p>By showing the frequency-content, the decisions are eased for the engineers and technicians that are working with this kind of questions. </p><p>An analysis of different PWM patterns have been done. The kind of reference waves that generate the PWM patterns are called Dead Band PWM and Modified SPWM. </p><p>Comparisons have been done for Dead Band PWM, between harmonics and the width of Dead Band. Comparisons have been done for Modified SPWM, between: </p><p>1. fundamental frequency and modulation index. </p><p>2. different Modified SPWM and their harmonics.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:liu-1487 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Milevski, Mikael |
| Publisher | Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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