We know that, the inverters are broadly classified as two level inverters and multilevel inverters. This conventional inverters have many limitations at high power and high voltage applications. However, the multilevel inverter becomes popular for high power and high voltage applications due to their increased number of levels at the output. As number of levels increases, the harmonics are redu...

this paper presents a grid connected photovoltaic system, which acts as both power generator and active power filter (apf), based on flying capacitor multicell (fcm) converter. increase in the number of output voltage levels, natural self-balancing of flying capacitors and dc link voltage and lower power rating of components are the main futures of fcm converter compared with conventional multi...

Multilevel converters have gained popularity in both medium voltage and low voltage applications. To find out the connections between various multilevel voltage source converter topologies and to reveal how to obtain new topologies, this paper has presented four methods to derive multilevel converter topologies. Many existing topologies as well as new topologies can be derived with the methods ...

Abstract: The simultaneous elimination of common-mode voltage and DC-link capacitor voltage imbalance is achieved in a five-level inverter scheme for an induction motor drive throughout its operating range. A dual five-level inverter-fed open-end-winding induction motor structure is used for the proposed drive. Initially, the operating limitations of achieving this dual task for the fivelevel i...

This paper presents an alternate quasi-resonant dc link (QRDCL) circuit for soft switched inverters which does not require paralleling of a charged capacitor with another charged capacitor or a voltage source. The circuit momentarily pulls down the DC link voltage to zero as commandled by the control circuit to facilitate zero voltage switching (ZVS) of inverter devices. Operation of this circu...

The widespread integration of photovoltaic (PV) units may result in a number of operational issues for the utility distribution system. The advances in smart-grid technologies with better communication and control capabilities may help to mitigate these challenges. The objective of this paper is to evaluate multiple voltage control methods and compare their effectiveness in mitigating the impac...

Cascaded multilevel inverter (CMI) topology is prevalent in many applications. However, the CMI requires switches and isolated dc sources, which main drawback of this type inverter. As a result, volume, cost complexity are increased efficiency deteriorated. This paper thus proposes switched-capacitor-based with half-bridge cells only one source. Compared to conventional CMI, proposed uses almos...

This paper proposes a new solar power generation system, which is composed of a DC/DC power converter and a new seven-level inverter. The DC/DC power converter integrates a DC-DC boost converter and a transformer to convert the output voltage of the solar cell array into two independent voltage sources with multiple relationships. This new seven-level inverter is configured using a capacitor se...