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This paper presents the application of a multiple switching pattern selective harmonic elimination on three level inverter. The aim of this work is to eliminate low rank harmonics (3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th) from an AC voltage waveform generated by DC to AC converter and also control the fundamental component, the modulation algorithm is based on the Newton-Raphson method which is one of the simplest...
A conventional 3-level PWM Inverter and a Cascaded Multilevel Inverter, both rated at 230Vrms voltage output and 3KW are analysed using the Switching Function. The PWM signal for the 3-level inverter is derived by applying the Switching Function Technique to the equal area principle. For the Cascaded Multilevel Inverter the Switching Function Technique is initially applied to each H-bridge, and then...
This paper presents a seven level inverter utilizing switched-capacitor technique. Proposed topology employs two asymmetric DC voltage sources as input and generates a multilevel staircase output. The structure includes a front-end switched-capacitor based DC-DC converter cascaded by a back-end H-bridge inverter. The frontend SC DC-DC converter feeds three DC voltage levels to the H-bridge inverter...
Inverter is an integral part of any renewable energy conversion system. For a multilevel inverter, attempt is to obtain an output voltage which is near sinusoidal in shape. The switching angles and the voltage levels are decided in such a way so as to maximize the fundamental component with minimum THD. In this paper, it is shown how a simple method like Grey Analysis method can be used to decide...
Various topologies of multilevel inverters have been proposed as a potential replacement for cascaded multilevel inverters in high-voltage, high-power applications as they can be extended to any number of voltage levels without introducing much more complexity to the control system. This paper discussed in detail about the application of selective harmonic elimination pulse-width modulation (SHE-PWM)...
Power electronic converters for medium and high power / voltage applications employ low frequency synchronous fundamental switching to minimize semiconductor switching losses. There are two major approaches to converter switching angles determination - Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE) and Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) minimization. For the THD minimization, converter switching angles are found...
This paper presents the results of voltage and current Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) minimization for a three-phase cascaded H-bridge inverter with a fundamental staircase modulation. Theoretically optimal switching angles are found using THD minimization time domain constraint optimization problem formulations. Numerically obtained optimal switching angles and minimal voltage and current THD values...
Harmonic voltage compensation of the load connected to the point of common coupling (PCC) by using a series of active power filter (SAPF) based on a single phase cascaded multilevel inverter is proposed. The proposed multilevel inverter are presented in detail. The inverter has the ability of acting as a harmonic source when the reference is a non-sinusoidal signal. To achieve this, a simple control...
A topology of series active power filter (SAPF) based on a single phase half-bridge cascaded multilevel inverter is proposed to compensate voltage harmonics of the load connected to the point of common coupling (PCC). The main parts of the inverter are presented in detail. Any voltage reference can be easily obtained by a simple control with the proposed inverter. Therefore, the inverter acts as a...
This paper presents a new asymmetrical single-phase multilevel inverter topology capable of producing nine-level output voltage with reduce device counts. In order to obtain the desired output voltage, dc sources are connected in all the combination of addition and subtraction through different switches. Proposed topology results in reduction of dc source, switch counts, losses, cost and size of the...
In this paper a generalized formulation for Selective Harmonic Mitigation Pulse Amplitude Modulation (SHM-PAM) has been presented to control Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) inverter with non-equal DC sources. Consistent with the proposed SHM-PAM technique, switching angles are attained constant while the calculated magnitudes of DC sources vary linearly for all modulation indexes (ma). In fact, in the SHM-PAM,...
This paper describes a development of a high power density power converter using flying capacitor multilevel circuits for PV systems. To connect the PV systems to a power grid, a power conditioner system (PCS) is required. Sine wave filters and EMI filters are required to satisfy harmonics regulations such as CISPR. These filters are dominant in a total volume of the PCSs. To design a small PCS to...
Multilevel converter topologies have been receiving increased attention for medium and high power application in past years. This paper focuses on a new topology of 7-level multilevel inverter (MLI) named as improved H-bridge MLI (IHB MLI) with less number of switches than conventional type with 12 switches, which results in reduction of switching losses, switching stress and converter cost. This...
A total harmonic distortion (THD) optimization based 5-level selective harmonic elimination pulse width modulated (SHE-PWM) single-phase reduced device count (RDC) voltage source inverter (VSI) is presented in this paper. A MATLAB program is developed for offline calculation of switching angles based on quarter wave (QW) symmetry of the output and overall THD optimization method of SHE-PWM. The inverter...
In this study, a modified carrier is proposed to generate PWM gating signal. Proposed PWM method reduces total harmonic distortion (THD) of the output voltage of inverter up to 5.8% than the traditional triangular carrier based PWM. Major harmonic components in output voltage are less in magnitude when proposed PWM technique is applied to inverter. Fundamental component of output voltage is also higher...
This paper introduces a unique seven level five switch Inverter with different type of filters to reduce total harmonic distortion (THD) and suitable for renewable energy applications. In conventional inverters output voltage and current waveforms are very far from the sinusoidal shape due to high percentage of THD. This type of distorted output voltage is not suitable for industrial drives and renewable...
In recent years, the majority of the research has focused on grid-tied transformerless PV inverters, more capable than traditional grid-tied line transformer-based PV inverters, but more critical from a power quality point of view, especially in terms of common mode voltage and ground leakage current. Neutral point clamped (NPC) converters have recently gained popularity due to high efficiency and...
This paper introduces a hybrid topology for multilevel inverter that operates in asymmetric manner. The proposed topology is generalized using series connection of basic module. It offers less number of switches and isolated dc voltage sources as compared to conventional and recent proposed topologies. Carrier based level shift sinusoidal pulse width modulation scheme is adopted for generating switching...
This paper presents the simulation of a Three Phase Five Level Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter. Third Harmonics Injection Pulse Width Modulation (THIPWM) technique was employed through s-function approach in SIMULINK environment to minimize the complexity of circuit design. The advantages of THIPWM are revealed in term of voltage and current THD reduction compared to Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation...
In this paper, a cost effective novel cascaded H-Bridge multilevel inverter topology is proposed. This topology is based on a cascaded connection of single-phase novel H-bridge converters with less number of components. When compared with the conventional multilevel converters, the number of DC voltage sources, switching devices, installation area, and converter cost is significantly reduced. For...
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