Multilevel inverters have become more popular over the years in high power medium voltage applications without the use of a transformer and with promise of less disturbance & reduced harmonic distortion. In this paper, two types of multilevel converter in three phase configuration, cascaded H-Bridge multilevel inverter (CMLI) and diode clamped multilevel inverter (DCMLI) of 5 and 7-level are mo...

Traditional cascade multilevel inverter can only transmit one-direction of energy. This paper proposes a new cascade multilevel inverter topology and control strategy based on part units to realize the energy feedback. By using PWM converter to replace uncontrollable converter in part units of the traditional inverter, and combining the inverter with H-bridge inverter, the two-direction running...

This paper presents detailed modeling and simulation of a compensator for Load balancing and harmonics Compensation based on a five-level cascaded H-bridge multilevel voltage source inverter. This type of compensator, which is installed in parallel with the load, is usually referred to as the shunt active power filters (APF). Nowadays use of high voltage non-linear loads are widely used in indu...

his paper presents a new hybrid cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter motor drive DTC scheme for electric vehicles where each phase of the inverter can be implemented using a single DC source. Traditionally, each phase of the inverter requires � DC source for 2� + 1 output voltage levels. In this paper, a scheme is proposed that allows the use of a single DC source as the irst DC source which w...

In this paper, various novel pulse width modulation techniques are proposed, which can minimize the total harmonic distortion and enhances the output voltages from five level inverter to multilevel topologies. Multilevel inverters are important for power electronics applications such as flexible ac transmission systems, renewable energy sources, uninterruptible power supplies and active power f...

In this paper, a simplified space–vector pulse width modulation technique for multilevel inverters is proposed. This method is based on the simplification of the space–vector diagram of a five level inverter into that of a three level inverter. In turn, the three level inverter space vector diagram is simplified into that of two level inverter. Hence, the algorithm of five level space-vector pu...

This paper focuses on developing a low cost and a low harmonic traditional three level inverter (H-Bridge) using pulse pattern. Multilevel inverter as compared to traditional three level inverters have advantages like low harmonic contents and low electromagnetic interference (EMI) outputs and can operate on several voltage levels. The drawbacks includes: The requirement of isolated power suppl...

Use of multilevel inverters has become popular in recent years for high-power applications. Various topologies and modulation strategies have been investigated for utility and drive applications in the literature. Trends in power semiconductor technology indicate a tradeoff in the selection of power devices in terms of switching frequency and voltage-sustaining capability. New power converter t...

Single-source binary hybrid multilevel inverters with cascaded transformers have a bulky transformer connected to their main H-bridge cells in each phase. This bulky transformer has been eliminated in this work without any effect on operation and modulation strategies. The proposed topology has significant advantages from view point of dimensions and number of transformers, design of transforme...