New Three-Phase Symmetrical Multilevel Voltage Source Inverter
11 Aug 2015-IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (IEEE)-Vol. 5, Iss: 3, pp 430-442
TL;DR: A significant factor (FC/L) is proposed, which is developed to define the number of the required components per pole voltage level and a detailed comparison based on FC/L is provided in order to categorize the different topologies of the MLIs addressed in the literature.
Abstract: This paper presents a new design and implementation of a three-phase multilevel inverter $(MLI)$ for distributed power generation system using low frequency modulation and sinusoidal pulse width modulation $(SPWM)$ as well. It is a modular type and it can be extended for extra number of output voltage levels by adding additional modular stages. The impact of the proposed topology is its proficiency to maximize the number of voltage levels using a reduced number of isolated dc voltage sources and electronic switches. Moreover, this paper proposes a significant factor $(F_{C/L})$ , which is developed to define the number of the required components per pole voltage level. A detailed comparison based on $F_{C/L}$ is provided in order to categorize the different topologies of the $MLI$ s addressed in the literature. In addition, a prototype has been developed and tested for various modulation indexes to verify the control technique and performance of the topology. Experimental results show a well-matching and good similarity with the simulation results.
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TL;DR: Five main submodules (SMs) to be used as the basic structures of MLIs are presented and categorized and investigated with from different perspectives such as the number of components, the ability to create inherent negative voltage, working in regeneration mode and using single dc source.
Abstract: Multilevel inverters (MLIs) are being used in wide range of power electronic applications. These converters have attracted a lot of attention during recent years and exist in different topologies with similar basic concepts. This paper presents five main submodules (SMs) to be used as the basic structures of MLIs. The paper reviews the common MLI topologies from the structural point of view. The topologies are divided into the different SMs to show conventional MLI configurations and future topologies that can be created from the main SMs. A comparative study between different topologies is performed in detail. The MLIs are categorized and investigated with from different perspectives such as the number of components, the ability to create inherent negative voltage, working in regeneration mode and using single dc source.
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TL;DR: This article updates and summarizes the recently developed multilevel topologies with a reduced component count, based on their advantages, disadvantages, construction, and specific applications, and proposes a comparative method with novel factors to take component ratings into account.
Abstract: Multilevel inverters (MLIs) have gained increasing interest for advanced energy-conversion systems due to their features of high-quality produced waveforms, modularity, transformerless operation, voltage, and current scalability, and fault-tolerant operation. However, these merits usually come with the cost of a high number of components. Over the past few years, proposing new MLIs with a lower component count has been one of the most active topics in power electronics. The first aim of this article is to update and summarize the recently developed multilevel topologies with a reduced component count, based on their advantages, disadvantages, construction, and specific applications. Within the framework, both single-phase and three-phase topologies with symmetrical and asymmetrical operations are taken into consideration via a detailed comparison in terms of the used component count and type. The second objective is to propose a comparative method with novel factors to take component ratings into account. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by a comparative study.
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...Moreover, the existing reviews have used two conventional factors, namely the level-number per switch ratio (LSR) or component per level factor (CLF), to assess the component counts among topologies [34], [35], which are not able to take component ratings or cost and stresses of component into consideration....
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TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive review and classification of RSC-MLI topologies, in terms of their structure, features, limitations, suitability and selection for specific applications, is presented.
Abstract: An efficient and cost-effective power converter is a pre-requisite for the modern power applications. With the evolvement of matured medium power self-commutated switching devices, multilevel inverters (MLIs) are emerged as a promising solution for high-power medium-voltage applications. Though, MLIs are performing a promising role in industrial applications, their high device count, size, cost and control complexities have restricted their market penetration. To address the disadvantages of MLIs, researchers are continuously contributing to new generation topologies under the name of reduced switch count (RSC) MLIs. From the past decade, numerous RSC-MLIs topologies have been reported for various applications. Therefore, this paper presents a comprehensive review and classification of RSC-MLI topologies, in terms of their structure, features, limitations, suitability and selection for specific applications.
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TL;DR: A new method to calculate switching angles in selective harmonic elimination technique that can perform a real-time calculation for multilevel inverter’s (MLI) switching angles over a wide range of modulation indexes by utilizing classical control such as the proportional-integral (PI) control.
Abstract: This paper proposes a new method to calculate switching angles in selective harmonic elimination technique. It is introduced as a substitute for Newton–Raphson method and similar iteration methods. By utilizing classical control such as the proportional-integral (PI) control, the proposed method can perform a real-time calculation for multilevel inverter’s (MLI) switching angles over a wide range of modulation indexes. Therefore, it is able to respond to system dynamics without the need to store precalculated large lookup tables. The proposed method is applied to seven levels cascaded full H-bridge to eliminate its third- and fifth-harmonic contents from the modulation index 0.1 to 1.04. The same procedure can be extended to the vast majority of MLI topologies. A Simulink model is built to simulate and validate the accuracy, dynamics, and continuity of the solution generated by the proposed method. An experimental prototype is also built and its results are discussed to confirm the theory and simulation of the proposed method.
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TL;DR: In this article, a double level circuit is proposed to increase the output voltage level to nearly twice that of a conventional cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter, where phase disposition carriers with sinusoidal reference have been used for generating the gating signal of switches to achieve high quality output voltage waveform.
Abstract: In this study, a new multilevel inverter configuration which introduces a combination of cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter with a double level circuit is proposed. The double level circuit is a half-bridge inverter when combined with a cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter, will increase the output voltage level to nearly twice that of a conventional cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. The effectiveness of the proposed configuration is demonstrated with five different cases of cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter configurations. Phase disposition carriers arrangement with sinusoidal reference has been utilised in pulse width modulation for generating the gating signal of switches to achieve high-quality output voltage waveform. A comparison is carried out with different parameters such as %total harmonic distortion, distortion factor, the maximum voltage step of output voltage level and peak inverse voltage. Analysis of power loss and theoretical calculation of %total harmonic distortion is described. Also, a new method for calculating the overall component count is discussed. As a result, the proposed configuration requires lesser component count for generating higher output voltage level with lower %total harmonic distortion. Selected simulation and experimental results are shown to verify and validate the proposed multilevel inverter configuration.
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