Single phase and three phase PWM inverter supply optimum selection for core losses reduction

Abstract

This paper presents the comparison of core loss with 1-phase bipolar inverter supply to 3-phase inverter supply (2- line). In the experiment, by using 0.30 mm.-thick grain oriented magnetic steel(M5) and by setting equal maximum magnetic density for each test procedure, with 0.3, 0.6, 0.9- modulation index and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 kHz.- inverter switching frequency, the voltage and current are saved to data file. By using the function FFT program to analyze the data file, the test results shown that the core loss by 3-phase inverter supply (2-line) is less than that by 1-phase bipolar inverter supply, so this study is useful for selecting the PWM inverter to get the lower core loss.