DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMAL SWITCHING FREQUENCY OF THE POWER SWITCHES OF THE FREQUENCY-CURRENT ASYNCHRONOUS-GATE CASCADE CONVERTERS
The article discusses the issue of increasing the energy efficiency of electric drive systems by determining the optimum value of the adjusting parameter converter, providing maximum efficiency of the drive system on the example of a frequency-current asynchronous gate cascade. The aim work is to develop easy to implement methods for determining the optimum switching frequency of the power switches of the converter in the form of analytical expressions with which the condition of minimization of losses in the drive. The object of investigation is the process of converting electromagnetic energy in the motor-converter system. The subject of this investigation is frequency-current asynchronous-gate cascade drive system. The methods of calculation of the losses in the AC motor and the power converter elements are considered. The objective function of total losses in the electric drive system, depending on the switching frequency of the power switches and the total harmonic distortion of the stator and rotor currents AC motor are determined. As a result, the objective function of total losses in the electric drive system has been converted into the form of a single variable, depending only on the frequency switching keys of the power converter. With the help of the simulation of the losses in the drive control system, which based peculiarities of electromagnetic and energetic processes in this class drive system are calculated. The adequacy of the calculation of the proposed simplified method to determine the effective frequency of power switches in the converter are confirmed. The proposed method of the determining the optimal frequency switching of the power switchers can be applied to engineering design and commissioning of the converter depending on the class and modes of operation of the drive control system