Graphical phasor analysis of three-phase PWM converters

A graphical steady-state analysis technique based on the complex 0-sequence, forward-rotating, and backward-rotating (0fb) phasors is described for balanced three-phase PWM inverters, rectifiers and cycloconverters. The technique avoids the cumbersome algebra of the 0fb transformation, and the coupling between the subcircuits resulting from the real direct-axis/quadrature-axis (dq) transformation. Using symmetric and de-coupled subcircuits that are time-invariant under steady state, the graphical method makes the analysis of three-phase converters straightforward and insightful. In the paper, time-invariant transient models with respect to an arbitrary reference node are first derived for all three-phase converter components. Application of the component models to steady-state analysis is demonstrated for the buck-boost inverter. The steady-state equivalent circuits for the popular buck and boost inverters, rectifiers, and cycloconverters are given along with the steady-state values for their capacitor voltages and inductor currents.