Everything about Variable-frequency drive

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Variable-frequency driveA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Adaptive Control Strategy for a Pumping System Using a Variable Frequency DriveInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Fundamentals of musical acousticsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: On-Line Efficiency Optimization of a Variable Frequency Induction Motor DriveCited 215 times
5. Go sideways: Power inverterA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: AC-to-AC converterA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• On-Line Efficiency Optimization of a Variable Frequency Induction Motor Drive

  Daniel S. Kirschen, Donald W. Novotny, Thomas A. Lipo · 1985 · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications · 215 citations

• Power and Efficiency Measurement of Motor-Variable-Frequency Drive Systems

  Emmanuel B. Agamloh · 2017 · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications · 41 citations

• Optimal Characteristics of a Variable-Frequency Centrifugal Pump Motor Drive

  Joseph R. Pottebaum · 1984 · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications · 28 citations

• Efficiency of variable frequency drive in diamond mining

  Almazavtomatika specialized division, PJSC ALROSA, Mirny, Russia, A. N. Egorov, Ya. S. Kharitonov · 2019 · Gornyi Zhurnal · 22 citations

• Solving locomotive wheel polygonisation by reducing variable frequency drive interharmonics

  U Spangenberg, RD Fröhling · 2020 · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit · 19 citations

• Electromagnetic interference modeling and suppression techniques in variable-frequency drive systems

  Le Yang, Shuo Wang, Jianghua Feng · 2017 · Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering · 18 citations

• Interharmonic Source Model for Current-Source Inverter-Fed Variable Frequency Drive

  Jing Yong, Xin Li, Wilsun Xu · 2017 · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery · 18 citations

• Frequency Coupling Matrix Model of a Three-Phase Variable Frequency Drive

  Jayashree Yadav, Krishna Vasudevan, Jan Meyer · 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications · 16 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Adaptive Control Strategy for a Pumping System Using a Variable Frequency Drive

  Dorin Bordeasu, Octavian Prostean, Ioan Filip · 2023 · Machines · 20 citations

• Operation optimization of existing industrial circulating water system considering variable frequency drive

  Jiarui Liang, Linhui Li, Yiguo Li · 2022 · Chemical Engineering Research and Design · 18 citations

• Modeling and Control of Variable Speed Drive Based Loads for Grid Primary Frequency Support

  Shuyao Wang, Yiwei Ma, Kaiqi Sun · 2023 · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery · 11 citations

• Tensor-Based Parameter Reduction of Dynamic Load Models With Variable Frequency Drive

  You Lin, Yishen Wang, Jianhui Wang · 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems · 10 citations

• A Robust Resonance Suppression Method for Linear Tooth Belt Drive With Variable Resonance Frequency

  Likai Zheng, Quanxue Guan, Xiaohong Wang · 2024 · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics · 9 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Fundamentals of musical acousticsArthur H. Benade · 1976
• 📕Power electronic convertersEric Monmasson · 2011
• Control of Electrical DrivesWerner Leonhard · 1985
• Practical Electronics for InventorsPaul Scherz · 2000
• Power Electronics and Variable Frequency DrivesBimal K. Bose · 1996
• 📕Maintaining and Troubleshooting Variable Frequency DrivesStan Turkel · 2017
• Variable frequency AC motor drive systemsDavid Finney · 1988
• Electromechanical Devices & Components Illustrated SourcebookBrian Elliott · 2007

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