Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology
Multilevel inverters have been widely accepted for high-power high-voltage applications. Their performance is highly superior to that of conventional two-level inverters due to reduced harmonic distortion, lower electromagnetic interference, and higher dc link voltages. However, it has some disadvan...
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| author | Najafi, Ehsan Mohamed Yatim, Abdul Halim |
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| description | Multilevel inverters have been widely accepted for high-power high-voltage applications. Their performance is highly superior to that of conventional two-level inverters due to reduced harmonic distortion, lower electromagnetic interference, and higher dc link voltages. However, it has some disadvantages such as increased number of components, complex pulse width modulation control method, and voltage-balancing problem. In this paper, a new topology with a reversing-voltage component is proposed to improve the multilevel performance by compensating the disadvantages mentioned. This topology requires fewer components compared to existing inverters (particularly in higher levels) and requires fewer carrier signals and gate drives. Therefore, the overall cost and complexity are greatly reduced particularly for higher output voltage levels. Finally, a prototype of the seven-level proposed topology is built and tested to show the performance of the inverter by experimental res |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-467842017-09-20T00:21:54Z http://eprints.utm.my/46784/ Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology Najafi, Ehsan Mohamed Yatim, Abdul Halim TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Multilevel inverters have been widely accepted for high-power high-voltage applications. Their performance is highly superior to that of conventional two-level inverters due to reduced harmonic distortion, lower electromagnetic interference, and higher dc link voltages. However, it has some disadvantages such as increased number of components, complex pulse width modulation control method, and voltage-balancing problem. In this paper, a new topology with a reversing-voltage component is proposed to improve the multilevel performance by compensating the disadvantages mentioned. This topology requires fewer components compared to existing inverters (particularly in higher levels) and requires fewer carrier signals and gate drives. Therefore, the overall cost and complexity are greatly reduced particularly for higher output voltage levels. Finally, a prototype of the seven-level proposed topology is built and tested to show the performance of the inverter by experimental res 2012 Article PeerReviewed Najafi, Ehsan and Mohamed Yatim, Abdul Halim (2012) Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 59 (11). pp. 4148-4154. ISSN 0885-8993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2011.2176691 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Najafi, Ehsan Mohamed Yatim, Abdul Halim Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| title | Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| title_full | Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| title_fullStr | Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| title_short | Design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| title_sort | design and implementation of a new multilevel inverter topology |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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