Research Article
A Single-Stage SPV-Fed Reduced Switching Inverter-Based Sensorless Speed Control of IM for Water Pumping Applications
Table 4
Comparison of conventional and proposed SPV-fed IMD.
| Item | Conventional two-stage system | Proposed single-stage system |
| PWM pulses | 7 | 4 | DC-link capacitor | 2 | 2 | Boost converter inductor | 1 | 0 | Semiconductor switches (IGBTs) | 7 | 4 | Driver circuits | 7 | 4 | Speed sensor | 1 | 0 |
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