Universal Research Inverter for Testing of Electric Vehicle Drives and Control Algorithms

This paper presents a 150 kVA universal inverter system for research on electric vehicle drives and control algorithms. Because of its modularity, the inverter system can be operated in different configurations. The control of power conversion components is done by two C2000 Delfino F28379D microcontrollers, which are programmed by Matlab/Simulink. This allows a high degree of flexibility and offers the possibility to implement and test different control algorithms. An overview of the hardware setup and the software components is given. Finally two selected drive system configurations with electrical machines like switched reluctance machine (SRM), interior permanent magnet synchronous machine (IP-MSM) and induction machine (IM) are tested.