In this paper, a new cascaded multilevel inverter by capability of increasing the number of output voltage levels with reduced number of power switches is proposed. The proposed topology consists of series connection of a number of proposed basic multilevel units. In order to generate all voltage levels at the output, five different algorithms are proposed to determine the magnitude of DC volta...

In this paper, a modular three-phase multilevel inverter specially suited for electrical drive applications is proposed. Unlike the cascaded H-bridge inverter, this topology is based on power cells connected in cascade using two inverter legs in series. A detailed analysis of the structure and the development of design equations for the load voltage with n levels are carried out using pulsewidt...

This paper analyses synchronization strategies for cascaded H-Bridge multi level inverter topologies with carrier based sinusoidal phase shifted pulse width modulation technique. In phase shifted pulse width modulation technique, a separate carrier is used for each H-Bridge. The carriers are generally phase shifted from each other by π/n Rad (n=No. of HBs). Hence, the positions of carriers w.r....

Solar energy sources are widely available, but in the form of DC source. It is connected in distribution system by means of converting DC/AC supply. It is achieved by means of inverter. To get efficient AC source we use multilevel inverter (MLI). The popularly used inverter is cascaded H-bridge MLI. As the step increases, the AC output nearly becomes same as sinusoidal. The purpose of the proje...

in this paper, two new cascaded inverters are proposed, by using the series connection of new submultilevel inverters. each of the proposed submultilevel inverters consists of three batteries and eight power switches. four algorithms are presented to determine the voltages of these batteries for each of the proposed structures. in this study the comparison between the proposed structures with c...

Modeling of Cascaded Multilevel converter has put more emphasize on conventional cascaded Hbridge inverter. First a new phase shifted SPWM control algorithm for cascaded NPC/H-bridge inverter is proposed. Its Superior harmonic suppression is verified by comparing its harmonic spectrum with that of the conventional multicarrier approach. For DCbus capacitor voltage control, a new, balance circui...

Multilevel converters are a very interesting alternative for medium and high power drives. Of these topologies the Multicell group is popularly growing due to its advantages such as modularity and scalability. This paper proposes a new topology of cascaded H bridge Multicell 15 level Inverter which is the mixed form of flying capacitor and cascaded group. This inverter is based on the cascaded ...

Received Feb 14, 2017 Revised Apr 14, 2017 Accepted Apr 28, 2017 This paper proposes maximum boost control for 7-level z-source cascaded h-bridge inverter and their affiliation between voltage boost gain and modulation index. Z-source network avoids the usage of external dc-dc boost converter and improves output voltage with minimised harmonic content. Z-source network utilises distinctive LC i...

in order to reduce the volume and size of distribution power transformer, precise and extended controlling of transformer output, the conventional transformers are replaced by intelligent universal transformers (iuts). in this paper, an iut, typical of iran national grid, with the voltage ratio of 20kv:380 v is designed and simulated. regarding the iut implementation, a cascaded h-bridge invert...

This paper proposes three phase Seven Level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter by using PD, POD, APOD, INVERTED SINEWAVE methods based on Sinusoidal PWM control techniques. There are 3 types of multilevel inverters named as diode clamped multilevel inverter, flying capacitor multilevel inverter and cascaded multilevel inverter. Compared to diode clamped & flying capacitor type multilevel inv...