First of all, in this paper, the topology and operation of the three-phase three-level Z-source inverter based on neutral-point-clamped (Z-NPC) are studied. Moreover, different combinations of permissible switching states and control signals are explained for this inverter. In this paper, the topology of the three-phase three-level Z-NPC inverter is extended for an n-level state. Also, a combin...

This paper investigated the losses and thermal characteristics of induction motors operated from pulse width-modulated (PWM) voltage supply in comparison to that operated from sinusoidal voltage supply. It was concluded that due to the abundant harmonics in the PWM waveforms, significant losses are induced in the motor by the inverter supply. The temperature ascends correspondingly. Switching f...

This paper presents an efficient and reliable Genetic Algorithm-based solution for Specific Harmonic Elimination (SHE) switching pattern. This method eliminates considerable amount of lower order line voltage harmonics in Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) inverter. The determination of pulse pattern for the elimination of some lower order harmonics of a PWM inverter necessitates solving a system of ...

A soft-switched inverter is derived from the passively clamped quasi-resonant link circuit with three different clamps: coupled inductor, diode clamp and coupled inductor and capacitor. The proposed soft-switching inverter is formed from the traditional pulse-width modulated (PWM) inverter by simply augmenting with auxiliary resonant circuits, and the soft switching is achieved through applying...

This paper explains a control strategy SHE-PWM and a closed loop control of the cascaded multilevel inverter based on the modulation index. The modulation index is taken as the feedback to the cascaded multilevel inverter, the proposed system reduces the total harmonic distortion by optimizing the angles of the inverter and the DC voltage sources applied to the cascaded inverter. The specific l...

Abstract: This paper presents a recent popular power inverter which is impedance source or Z-source inverter (ZSI) and the comparison and analysis of two conventional PWM techniques of Z-source inverter. Due to the impedance network it couples inverter main circuit to the power source thus providing special features that can overcome the limitations of traditional voltage source inverter (VSI) ...

This paper deals with the performance analysis of three phase induction motor drive fed by a PWM voltage source inverter. The PWM method, which involves the modulation of conventional sinusoidal reference signal and a triangular carrier is used here to produce pulse width modulated output only for under modulation index. This paper work deals mainly with the performance analysis of three phase ...

High-frequency ac link conversion offers a possible way to produce reduced-cost inverters for low-voltage dc sources such as fuel cells. The control complexity can be addressed by adapting pulse-width modulation (PWM) techniques. Here, a multi-carrier pulse-width modulation (PWM) approach is introduced as a convenient way to implement a high-frequency link inverter. The approach is a direct ext...

This paper presents PIC microcontroller based PWM inverter controlled four switch three phase inverter (FSTPI) fed Induction Motor drive. The advantage of this inverter that uses of 4 switches instead of conventional 6 switches is lesser switching losses, lower electromagnetic interference (EMI), less complexity of control algorithms and reduced interface circuits. Simulation and experimental w...

This paper presents the designing of a low powered (25-30 watts), portable and cost effective solar micro-inverter wherein the single solar panel is able to run the AC loads along with DC loads. The system consists of a solar panel, DC-DC push-pull converter, DC-AC inverter, LC filter and the test loads. The solar cell powers DC-DC push pull converter which boosts the input DC voltage into the ...