Performance of Induction Motor with hybrid Multi level inverter for Electric vehicles
B. N. Ch. V. Chakravarthi, P. Naveen, S. Pragaspathy, V S N Narasimha Raju
Abstract
In this article, performance of an Induction motor (IM) with the hybrid multilevel inverter has been presented. The features of IM are robust, high torque, and a wide range of applications with different control mechanisms. In most of the Electric Vehicles, BLDC has an enormous wait-age due to its simplicity and load characteristics. But the triggering point is the cost, performance in hard surface conditions and DC brushless drives need an out-and-out position sensor, as induction drives needs only a speed sensor. As the required power to the motor is supplied by the battery bank, the available DC should convert into AC by using a Power Electronic converter (Inverter) and it has to drive the motor with a suitable control mechanism. So the basic TWO level or advanced converters are required in this process, but the traditional TWO Level converters are not cost-effective due to the requirement of filters. In this paper design of MLI-fed IM with lower harmonic content and reducing the converter cost for Electric vehicle applications.