Belwin Edward J

Department of Electrical Engineering

School of Electrical Engineering

Vellore Campus

J. Gowri Shankar

E. Neeraja

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2017 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT)

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Recent Developments on Power Inverters

A Reduced Switch Asymmetric Multilevel Inverter Topology Using Unipolar Pulse Width Modulation Strategies for Photovoltaic Application

A quasi-linear Cascaded H-Bridge multilevel inverter is introduced for solar application. In this paper, a separate solar panel with boost converter is placed instead of DC sources in the proposed configuration. The Incremental and Conductance maximum power point algorithm method is implemented for tracking maximum power with a fast response. Sinusoidal reference with triangular carriers is utilized in pulse width modulation for generating the switching pulses for proposed inverter. The proposed inverter can generate a 19-level output voltage with total harmonic distortion of 6.10% which is simulated using MATLAB/Simulink. Cost analysis of power switches is discussed. © 2016 The Authors.

Energy Procedia

Modeling and Analysis of a Quasi-linear Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Application

This paper introduces a new single phase hybrid multilevel inverter with a minimum number of switches for a Photovoltaic application. A Perturb and observe maximum power point tracking is used for tracking maximum power from solar panel. A boost converter is used for boosting the generated voltage because proposed inverter operates at the asymmetric condition. The proposed inverter is the combination of reduced switch topology and cascaded H-Bridge topology. Two types of Phase Disposition carrier arrangement with sinusoidal reference is utilized for generating the gating pulses for proposed inverter. It generates a 15-level output voltage with 8.12% of total harmonic distortion. © 2016 The Authors.

A Single Phase Grid Connected Hybrid Multilevel Inverter for Interfacing Photo-voltaic System

Multilevel inverters (MLIs) are gaining familiarity in industries for high-voltage applications. This study is a comparison of symmetric and asymmetric reduced switch MLI topologies which require a lesser number of switches for generating the desired number of voltage levels. In both symmetric and asymmetric conditions, output voltage levels are generated using the same number of switches with different DC source magnitudes. Unipolar pulse width modulation strategy is adapted in these topologies to generate the switching pulses. Three different unipolar references (sine, trapezoidal, 60°) and three different carrier arrangements (phase disposition, alternative phase opposition and disposition and variable frequency) are taken and each reference is compared with three different carrier signals. The performance parameters such as total harmonic distortion (THD), crest factor and distortion factor are evaluated for different modulation indices and compared with both conditions. The proposed topology in symmetric and asymmetric conditions can generate 9-level and 31-level output voltages, respectively, which are simulated using MATLAB/Simulink and verified with the experimental setup. The calculation of%THD using analytical asymptotic formula is also carried out. The theoretical value of%THD is verified to match closely with the simulation and experimental results. © The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2016.

IET Power Electronics

Comparative analysis of symmetric and asymmetric reduced switch MLI topologies using unipolar pulse width modulation strategies

This paper proposes a single phase multilevel inverter configuration that conjoins three series connected full bridge inverter and a single half bridge inverter for renewable energy application especially photo-voltaic system. This configuration of multilevel inverter reduces the value of total harmonic distortion. The half bridge inverter utilized in the proposed configuration increases the output voltage level to nearly twice the output voltage level of a conventional cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. This higher output voltage level is generated with lesser number of power semiconductor switches compared to conventional configuration, thus reducing the total harmonic distortion and switching losses. The effectiveness of the proposed configuration is illustrated by replacing the isolated DC sources in multilevel inverter with individual photo-voltaic panels using separate perturb and observer based maximum power point tracking and boost converters. The verification of the proposed system is demonstrated successfully using MATLAB/Simulink based simulation with different irradiation and temperature conditions. Also, the transient operation of the system is verified with results depicted using step change in standard test condition. In the proposed system, total harmonic distortion of the output voltage is 9.85% without using passive filters and 3.91% with filter inductance. Theoretical calculation of the power losses and total harmonic distortion with mathematical equations are discussed. Selective experimental results are presented to prove the effectiveness of proposed system. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

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