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Figure D.9 – Load neutral voltage influence by ZS of source and bEMF.<br />

Figure D.9 clearly confirms Equation (D.22). Setting eZS 0 confirms that the ZS source voltage<br />

would appear in the neutral as before; similarly setting e e e 0 reduces the circuit to<br />

A B C<br />

that in Figure D.6. Or, if the source had no ZS component but the bEMF did have, the neutral<br />

voltage would be the negative of the bEMF ZS component (the negative is the result of the<br />

“source opposing load” sign convention). Given any combination of amplitudes of source and<br />

bEMF ZS components, it is clear that both affect the neutral voltage but neither affects the flow<br />

of current.<br />

Summary<br />

In a passive load that is wye-connected with isolated neutral, the ZS component in the source<br />

voltage will appear as a neutral voltage. If the load has a bEMF source, the bEMF ZS component<br />

will combine with the source ZS component to influence the neutral voltage according to<br />

Equation (D.22). In either case it is impossible for ZS current to flow. PS and NS components of<br />

voltage do not appear in the isolated neutral because they sum to zero; they are the only<br />

components that can drive current through an isolated-neutral-wye load.<br />

If the neutral of the wye-connected load is grounded then the ZS components of voltage and<br />

bEMF will drive a ZS current through the neutral and the neutral point potential will be zero (in<br />

reality, it would be determined by the impedance of the conductor that grounds the neutral point).<br />

Most BPM motors have an isolated neutral; if it were available it would NOT normally be<br />

connected to ground (the bus midpoint). In PWM schemes that produce a ZS component, or with<br />

a motor that had a ZS bEMF component, grounding the neutral would cause a short circuit for the<br />

ZS component and likely trip the overcurrent protection and possibly damage the inverter (or<br />

overheat the windings if the fault level was below the trip point). Since the PS and NS<br />

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