Multilevel inverters are considered as an alternative in the field of high power and medium voltage applications. They can synthesize the desired voltage from several levels of DC voltages. As the number of levels increases the output waveform can be approximated to a sine wave there by reducing the Total Harmonic Distortion. This paper presents the analysis and comparison of conventional three...

System efficiency and cost effectiveness are of critical importance for photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper addresses the two issues by developing a novel three-port DC-DC converter for stand-alone PV systems, based on an improved Flyback-Forward topology. It provides a compact single-unit solution with a combined feature of optimized maximum power point tracking (MPPT), high step-up ratio, g...

Matrix converter is a single-stage converter which directly connects a three-phase voltage source to a three-phase load without dc-link components. Therefore, any harmonic distortion and imbalance in input voltage directly reflect to the output of the converter. Recently, many researchers have made an effort to cope with this problem. In this paper, under distorted input voltage conditions, beh...

In case of low voltage (12 to 24V) solar and battery powered sinus inverter applications a special converter topology for managing the high input current rating is required. Conventional solutions uses paralleled power MOSFETs to realize high current (several 100A) switches. In this paper a synchronized multi phase PWM concept was chosen to rise the over all efficiency of the inverter. In gener...

Matrix converter is a single-stage converter which directly connects a three-phase voltage source to a three-phase load without dc-link components. Therefore, any harmonic distortion and imbalance in input voltage directly reflect to the output of the converter. Recently, many researchers have made an effort to cope with this problem. In this paper, under distorted input voltage conditions, beh...

A new high-power step-up converter based on the phase-shifted parallel-input/series-output (PISO) modular converter with two dual inductor-fed push-pull converters is proposed. It is operated at a constant duty cycle and the output voltage is controlled with a phase-shift between the modules. It shows an output voltage which is high and linear to the control input, and a low switch turn-off str...

Bidirectional power converters for electric vehicles (EVs) have received much attention recently, due to either grid-supporting requirements or emergent power supplies. This paper proposes a hybrid modulation of the three-phase dual-active bridge (3ΦDAB) converter for EV charging systems. The designed hybrid modulation allows the converter to switch its modulation between phase-shifted and trap...

Abstract – Power factor corrected rectifiers are new tendency in development of power supplies. This paper presents a brief review of some high power rectifiers structures and provides an assessment of each analyzed technology. As contribution, a novel hybrid high power rectifier topology is proposed and analyzed. An active unidirectional three phase rectifier is associated in parallel with a t...

With the increasing demand for power from the ac line and more stringent limits for power quality, power factor correction has gained great attention in recent years. A variety of circuit topologies and control methods have been developed for the PFC application. While the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) converters such as boost and flyback converters are well suited for low power applicati...

In Electrical power systems in future uninterruptible power supplies or electrical vehicles may employ hybrid energy sources, such as fuel cells and super capacitors. It will be necessary to efficiently draw the energy from these two sources as well as recharge the energy storage elements by the dc bus. In this paper, a bidirectional isolated dc–dc converter controlled by phase-shift angle and ...