This paper presents the comparative study of three phase twenty five level diode clamped and cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters. The comparison is made in respect of requirement of devices, quality of output voltage and reduction of total harmonic distortion at the multilevel inverter terminals. In this work multicarrier sinusoidal pulse modulation control methods of Phase disposition (PD-P...

This paper presents a review of conventional and novel carrier-based PWM methods that are used for control of multilevel inverters. Among the discussed methods are Phase disposition (PD) PWM, Opposite Phase disposition (POD) PWM, Alternative Phase disposition (APOD) PWM, Phase Shifted PWM and Asymmetrical PWM. The paper shows the simulation results and comparison of these methods. Key-Words: Re...

Multilevel PWM waveforms can be decomposed into several multilevel PWM components. Phase-shifted carrier (PSC) is an efficient decomposition technique. In this paper, we have first demonstrated the equality of PSC and alternative phase opposition disposition techniques. Second, we have modified PSC to accommodate other disposition techniques. Third, we have investigated the effects of using...

In this paper, a 7-level Diode Clamped Multilevel Inverter (DCMLI) is simulated with three different carrier PWM techniques. Here, Carrier based Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM), Third Harmonic Injected Pulse Width Modulation (THIPWM) and Modified Carrier-Based Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) are used as modulation strategies. These modulation strategies include Phase Dispos...

This paper presents the comparison of various multicarrier Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) techniques for the Cascaded Hybrid Multi Level Inverter (CHBMLI). Due to switch combination redundancies, there are certain degrees of freedom to generate the five level AC output voltage. This paper presents the use of Control Freedom Degree (CFD) combination. The effectiveness of the PWM strategies develop...

The Flying Capacitor Multi Level Inverter (FCMLI) has a great advantage with respect to the availability of voltage redundancies. This work proposes a switching pattern for a modified inverter structure. It is used to improve the performance of chosen single phase five level H-bridge type FCMLI as compared to conventional FCMLI. The chosen multi level inverter is simulated for various multicarr...

The article presents a seven-level reduced switch asymmetrical multilevel inverter with two different methods of pulse width modulation (PWM) techniques. Phase disposition (PD) PWM and hybrid variable-frequency phase (HVFPD-PWM) are the for making quality output voltage waveform. In first method, unipolar sine reference triangular carriers is used. second (sinusoidal trapezoidal) proposed varia...

This work proposes three phase five level Bridge module type Diode Clamped Multilevel Inverter (DCMLI) using various modulating techniques for induction motor load. These Pulse Width Modulating (PWM) techniques include Carrier Overlapping (CO) strategy, Variable Frequency (VF) strategy, Phase Shift (PS) strategy and Sub-Harmonic Pulse Width Modulation (SHPWM) i.e. Phase Disposition (PD) strateg...

The work in this paper presents the performance analysis of reduced component count converter which is 5-Level Active Neutral Point Converter (5LANPC). This 5-level has been configured by stacking traditional 3-Level with Flying Capacitor converter. Two types control algorithms were considered and compared to explore 5LANPC. first algorithm was based on Phase-Disposition-Pulse Width Modulation ...

In this paper, hybrid modulation methods suitable for H-bridge MLI are discussed. The results of experimental work using dSPACE system only are presented for three phase five level cascaded type inverter. Different hybrid carrier PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) strategies using sinusoidal reference, third harmonic injection reference, 60 degree reference and stepped wave reference for the chosen i...