Abstract
Capacitors and semiconductor power devices are the most fragile components in power electronic systems. Hence, designing a comprehensive method for online switch fault diagnosis (FD) and capacitor condition monitoring (CM) is conducive to guaranteeing the reliability of the three-level T-type (3L-T) inverter in an all-around way. First, based on modeling the 3L-T inverter on the dc link and ac side, the inherent harmonic components of the dc link under normal and open-circuit faults conditions are analyzed. Furthermore, the capacitor current reconstruction method is designed. Subsequently, a comprehensive FD and CM framework is proposed, which consists of signal injection, extra hardware, 3L-T model, FD, and CM submodule. In FD, the detection variable, which is the function of output current and its changing rate, is designed, and the fault location is carried out based on the phase current residual and the sum of the neutral-point voltage residual. The capacitance estimation method is introduced based on the input current reconstruction technology and recursive least squares algorithm using the inherent or injected ac component on the dc link. Finally, experimental results demonstrate that the proposed comprehensive method merits high estimation accuracy, fast dynamic response, and better FD performance under various conditions.
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