Novel 3-level GTO inverter topology is presented. This new power circuit includes many advantages comparing with the conventional 3-level GTO inverter. The main advantages are snubberless and good device utilization by employing dual quasi-resonant dc-link which guarantees the complete zero voltage switching of the inverter GTO's. This 3-level GTO inverter can be operated with lower switching l...

This paper proposes a single-phase five-level inverter with a modified pulse width-modulated (PWM)control scheme. The modified pulse width-modulation technique is developed to reduce switching loss.Also, the proposed multilevel inverter can reduce the requirement of power switches compared to aconventional cascaded multilevel inverter. The modes of operation, control signals, and operatingprinc...

This paper studies the complex bifurcation phenomena of a voltage-controlled Buck-inverter cascade system. A state-flow chart is drawn to illustrate the complex relations among the linear operating modes. Combined with the state transition function of each mode, the time response of the system can be obtained. For period-one steady state, the periodic mapping function and its fixed point are fu...

(Abstract) This dissertation aims to present a detailed analysis of the grid voltage disturbance in frequency domain for the current control design in the grid-tie inverter applications and to propose current control techniques in order to minimize its impact and maximize feasibility of the power conditioning system in distributed generations. Because the grid voltage is constantly changing, th...

This paper presents a deadbeat-based proportional-integral (PI) controller for a stand-alone single-phase voltage source inverter using a battery cell as the primary energy source. The inverter system is simulated in MATLAB/Simulink. It consists of a lead acid battery, third-order Butterworth low-pass DC filter and AC filter, H-bridge inverter, step-up transformer, and a variety of loads, as we...

Recently, the evolution of single phase multilevel inverters has been escalation due to its preference over traditional one. In this paper proposed a new topology of single phase Nine level inverter with less number of power elements for grid connection. In this proposed inverter have ten switches and their switches operate with fundamental frequency. The proposed inverter produced nine level o...

 When utilized at low amplitude modulation indices, existing multilevel carrier-based PWM strategies have no special provisions for this operating region, and several levels of the inverter go unused. This paper proposes some novel multilevel PWM strategies to take advantage of the multiple levels in both a diode-clamped inverter and a cascaded Hbridges inverter by utilizing all of the levels ...

The paper describes an investigation of fault tolerant control strategies for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) driven by a fault-tolerant inverter. The inverter is a topology-modified inverter with fault-tolerant capability, which can be configured as the standard 3-phase 6-switch inverter and reconfigured as 3-phase 4-switch or 2-phase 4switch inverter under the fault condition. By an...

There is strong trend in the photovoltaic (PV) inverter technology to use transformer less topologies in order to acquire higher efficiencies. The general function of multilevel inverter is to synthesis desired voltage from solar source. This inverter has advantageous of industrial applications. The use of converters will increase losses and cost in conventional methods. The proposed seven leve...

1.1 HARMONICS IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 1 1.2 CONVENTIONAL TWO-LEVEL AND THREE-LEVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER ............................... 2 1.3 MULTILEVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER..................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Diode-Clamped Multilevel Inverter...