This paper presents an investigation of seven level cascaded H-bridge (CHB)
inverter in power system for compensation of harmonics. For power quality
control a Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) giving comparatively better harmonic
reduction than the conventional controllers. Harmonic distortion is the most
important power quality problem stirring in multilevel inverter; the
harmonics can be eliminated by an optimal selection of switching angles. A
hybrid evaluation technique evaluates the obtained optimal switching angles
that are attained from the fuzzy inference system as well as neural network.
The proposed method will be implemented in MATLAB working platform
and the harmonic elimination performance will be evaluated.
Multi Carrier based Multilevel Inverter with Minimal Harmonic DistortionIJPEDS-IAES
This paper presents performance features of Asymmetric Cascaded
Multilevel inverter. Multilevel inverters are commonly modulated by using
multicarrier pulse width modulation (MCPWM) techniques such as phaseshifted
multicarrier modulation and level-shifted multicarrier modulation.
Amongst these, level-shifted multicarrier modulation technique produces the
best harmonic performance. This work studies about multilevel inverter with
unequal DC sources using level shifting MCPWM technique. The
Performances indices like Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), number of
switches and DC Sources are considered. A procedure to achieve an
appropriate level shifting is also presented is this paper.
Harmonic elimination at the fundamental frequency is very much appropriate for high and medium range of power generation and applications. This paper considers a new technique for selective harmonic elimination (SHE), in which the total harmonic distortion (THD) is minimized when compared with that of the conventional one. With this technique, the harmonics at lower order are eliminated, which are more predominant than the higher ones.Cascaded H-Bridge inverter fed by a single DC is considered which is simulated with the switching angles generated by both the conventional method of SHE and the new method of SHE. The simulated results of the load voltage and the waveforms of the harmonic analysis are shown. The THD values are compared for the two techniques. The experimental results are also shown for the new technique. The switching angles are generated with the help of field programmable gated array (FPGA) in the hardware. The value of experimental THD of voltage is compared with that of simulated THD and the comparison prove that the results are satisfactory.
A Novel Topology of Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Number of Switches and D...IAES-IJPEDS
This paper introduces new topology of cascaded multilevel inverter, with considerable reduction in the number of switches and DC voltage sources. The proposed topology is based on asymmetrical multilevel inverter which produces 21 levels of output with the use of 11 unidirectional switches, 3 diodes and 4 DC voltage sources. The advantages of this topology are reduction in the number of switches (2 nos.) and gate driver circuits (2 nos.), reduction in the number of DC sources (2 nos.) also cost, complexity, and space required for hardware is reduced without sacrificing the quality output of the inverter. To reduce the THD further Level shifting SPWM techniques such as PD, POD & APOD are used and comparison is shown on the basis of THDs obtained from the above SPWM techniques. Frequency of carrier waves is 1KHz, and modulation index is 1.0. To validate the proposed topology the circuit is simulated and verified by using MATLAB/Simulink.
This paper proposed a new sparce matrix converter with Z-source network to provide unity voltage transfer ratio. It is an ac-to-ac converter with diode-IGBT bidirectional switches. The limitations of existing matrix converter like higher current THD and less voltage transfer ratio issues are overcome by this proposed matrix converter by inserting a Z-source. Due to this Z-source current harmonics are totally removed. The simulation is performed for different frequencies. The simulation results are presented to verify the THD and voltage transfer ratio and compared with the existing virtual AC/DC/AC matrix converter. The experimental output voltage amplitude can be varied with the variable frequencies.
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This paper presents investigation and performance analysis of novel down sampling based clamping SV PWM technique for diode and cascaded Multi-level Invereter fed to Induction motor drive. A novel down sampling based clamping SVPWM has developed by adding triangular off set to sinusoidal fundamental waveform is modified by down sampling the reference wave by order of 10 so this technique is called clamping space vector pulse width modulation techniques such as PD, POD and APOD. so as to shift the lower order harmonics to higher order side. This novel carrier is compared with the offset injected space vector reference waveform to generate the required PWM pulses to the inverter. To analyze the performance of the proposed PWM technique it is implemented on seven level diode and cascaded Multi-level Inverter using Matlab/Simulink software tool for output line, phase voltage, currents, speed, torque and Total harmonic distortion analysis.
Multi Carrier based Multilevel Inverter with Minimal Harmonic DistortionIJPEDS-IAES
This paper presents performance features of Asymmetric Cascaded
Multilevel inverter. Multilevel inverters are commonly modulated by using
multicarrier pulse width modulation (MCPWM) techniques such as phaseshifted
multicarrier modulation and level-shifted multicarrier modulation.
Amongst these, level-shifted multicarrier modulation technique produces the
best harmonic performance. This work studies about multilevel inverter with
unequal DC sources using level shifting MCPWM technique. The
Performances indices like Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), number of
switches and DC Sources are considered. A procedure to achieve an
appropriate level shifting is also presented is this paper.
Harmonic elimination at the fundamental frequency is very much appropriate for high and medium range of power generation and applications. This paper considers a new technique for selective harmonic elimination (SHE), in which the total harmonic distortion (THD) is minimized when compared with that of the conventional one. With this technique, the harmonics at lower order are eliminated, which are more predominant than the higher ones.Cascaded H-Bridge inverter fed by a single DC is considered which is simulated with the switching angles generated by both the conventional method of SHE and the new method of SHE. The simulated results of the load voltage and the waveforms of the harmonic analysis are shown. The THD values are compared for the two techniques. The experimental results are also shown for the new technique. The switching angles are generated with the help of field programmable gated array (FPGA) in the hardware. The value of experimental THD of voltage is compared with that of simulated THD and the comparison prove that the results are satisfactory.
A Novel Topology of Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Number of Switches and D...IAES-IJPEDS
This paper introduces new topology of cascaded multilevel inverter, with considerable reduction in the number of switches and DC voltage sources. The proposed topology is based on asymmetrical multilevel inverter which produces 21 levels of output with the use of 11 unidirectional switches, 3 diodes and 4 DC voltage sources. The advantages of this topology are reduction in the number of switches (2 nos.) and gate driver circuits (2 nos.), reduction in the number of DC sources (2 nos.) also cost, complexity, and space required for hardware is reduced without sacrificing the quality output of the inverter. To reduce the THD further Level shifting SPWM techniques such as PD, POD & APOD are used and comparison is shown on the basis of THDs obtained from the above SPWM techniques. Frequency of carrier waves is 1KHz, and modulation index is 1.0. To validate the proposed topology the circuit is simulated and verified by using MATLAB/Simulink.
This paper proposed a new sparce matrix converter with Z-source network to provide unity voltage transfer ratio. It is an ac-to-ac converter with diode-IGBT bidirectional switches. The limitations of existing matrix converter like higher current THD and less voltage transfer ratio issues are overcome by this proposed matrix converter by inserting a Z-source. Due to this Z-source current harmonics are totally removed. The simulation is performed for different frequencies. The simulation results are presented to verify the THD and voltage transfer ratio and compared with the existing virtual AC/DC/AC matrix converter. The experimental output voltage amplitude can be varied with the variable frequencies.
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Petroleum and Mining Engineering,
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Aerospace Engineering.
This paper presents investigation and performance analysis of novel down sampling based clamping SV PWM technique for diode and cascaded Multi-level Invereter fed to Induction motor drive. A novel down sampling based clamping SVPWM has developed by adding triangular off set to sinusoidal fundamental waveform is modified by down sampling the reference wave by order of 10 so this technique is called clamping space vector pulse width modulation techniques such as PD, POD and APOD. so as to shift the lower order harmonics to higher order side. This novel carrier is compared with the offset injected space vector reference waveform to generate the required PWM pulses to the inverter. To analyze the performance of the proposed PWM technique it is implemented on seven level diode and cascaded Multi-level Inverter using Matlab/Simulink software tool for output line, phase voltage, currents, speed, torque and Total harmonic distortion analysis.
Two port network parameters, Z, Y, ABCD, h and g parameters, Characteristic impedance,
Image transfer constant, image and iterative impedance, network function, driving point and
transfer functions – using transformed (S) variables, Poles and Zeros.
SINGLE PHASE SYMMETRICAL MULTILEVEL INVERTER DESIGN FOR VARIOUS LOADSelelijjournal
This paper presents a single phase symmetrical multilevel inverter with various loads. This proposed
topology is connected with R-load, RL-load and induction motor drive with unipolar Phase disposition
PWM technique. Among the four modulation technique it gives reduced harmonic. This proposed topology
has less number of switches than the conventional one. In conventional cascaded multilevel inverter have
twelve switches and the proposed topology have eight switches. Totally the four switches have been
reduced from the conventional one. It is designed to produce a seven level output. The simulation analysis
has been done by a MATLAB/SIMULINK model.
THD Minimisation for Phase Voltage of Multilevel Inverters Using Genetic Algo...theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF CLOSED LOOP DUAL INDUCTOR CURRENT-FED PUSH-PULL CONVER...Journal For Research
The current electronic devices require DC power source, which is taken from a battery or DC power supply. DC-DC converter is utilized to get regulated dc voltage from unregulated one. Switched mode power supply (SMPS) are commonly used in industrial applications, because of more advantages compared to linear power supply. In SMPS we have isolated and non-isolated converters, where isolated converters are frequently used, in order to get more voltage with multiple outputs. So among different isolated converters, push-pull converter is chosen for micro converter applications to obtain high voltage conversion ratio by using HF transformer, due to their better utilization of transformer. New methodology of control is implemented for making ZVS and ZCS at same time and to reduce the number of switches in the secondary side of dual inductor CFPP converter, which is a voltage doubler circuit. This becomes the solution for problem identification. Thus this converter with soft-switching reduces the switching losses.The current-fed push-pull converters are used in many applications like photo-voltaic (PV) power converters for boosting the output voltage. Push-pull converter is chosen for micro converter applications, to obtain high voltage conversion ratio by using high frequency (HF) transformer, due to their better utilization of transformer. This deals with the design of dual inductor CFPP converter, where zero voltage switching (ZVS) and zero current switching (ZCS) is achieved for the primary side of the converter by using secondary switches. Primary side switches are controlled by closed loop control topology. The secondary side is made with voltage doubler to obtain high voltage. Open loop and closed loop control of dual inductor current fed push pull converter simulation is finished by MATLAB/SIMULINK and their outcomes are analyzed.
A New Multilevel Inverter Structure For High-Power Applications using Multi-c...IJPEDS-IAES
In recent, several numbers of multilevel inverter structures have been
introduced that the numbers of circuit devices have been reduced. This paper
introduces a new structure for multilevel inverter which can be used in highpower
applications. The proposed topology is based on cascaded connection
of basic units. This topology consists of minimum number of circuit
components such as IGBT, gate driver circuit and antiparallel diode. For
proposed topology, two methods are presented for determination of dc
voltage sources values. Multi-carrier PWM method for 25-level proposed
topology is used. Verification of the analytical results is done using
MATLAB simulation.
Analysis of Multilevel Inverter using Bipolar and Unipolar Switching Schemes ...ijsrd.com
Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter (MLI) is most efficient topology for medium and high voltage DC-AC conversion, having less output harmonics and less commutation losses. Disadvantages are their complexity, more number of power devices, passive components and a complex control circuitry. Here a Cascaded Hybrid Multilevel Inverter is used to produce a three phase 9-level output voltages. Now a day inverter is also know as a DC-AC converter, is one of the most popular part of electrical device. This proposed inverter widely used in industries application such as speed control of induction motor. This thesis focus on three phase 9-level bipolar and unipolar switching inverter with characteristics like output voltage boosting ability and also we discus about the bipolar and unipolar switching scheme along with capacitor voltage control. The modified topology uses Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) with bidirectional and unidirectional switches producing boost up output voltage. Here a hybrid Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technique is applied to control the power devices. This modulation technique uses a sine wave and a repeating wave, these waves are combined and a complete reference wave is generated. There is comparative study between CHB and modified topology between number of power devices used and Total Harmonic Distortions (THD). THD of modified topology is reduced and analyzed by FFT window. The results are observed by MATLAB/SIMULINK software.
APPLICATIONS OF FLOATING-GATE MOSFET IN THE DESIGN OF INVERTER AND RING OSCIL...elelijjournal
This paper presents the application of floating-gate MOSFET (FGMOS) in the design of low voltage and
high speed digital circuits wherein threshold voltage tunability of FGMOS has been exploited to enhance
the performance of inverter in terms of various parameters like switching threshold voltage, noise margins,
propagation delay and energy delay product. It has been observed that by varying the bias voltage in
FGMOS, the voltage transfer characteristics can be altered that result in lowering of switching threshold
voltage, increased noise margins, reduced propagation delay and less energy delay product as compared to
the standard CMOS inverter. This paper also demonstrates the design of ring oscillator using FGMOS and
it has been found that FGMOS based ring oscillator exhibits higher frequency of oscillation as compared to
its CMOS counterpart. The performance of these circuits has been verified through PSpice simulations
carried out using level 7 parameters in 0.13 µm CMOS technology with a supply voltage of 1 V.
Multilevel inverters are emerging as the new breed of power converter options for high power applications. They typically synthesis the staircase voltage waveform (from several dc sources) which reduced harmonic content. This paper presents a simple selective harmonic elimination (SHE) modulation for single-phase cascaded H-bridge (CHB) multilevel inverter. The optimum switching angle of the transcendental equations describing the fundamental and harmonic components is solved by means of the Newton-Raphson (NR) method. The proposed SHE scheme is performed through simulation using MATLAB/Simulink. This simulation results are then verified through experiment using Altera DE0-Nano field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The proposed SHE is efficient in eliminating the lowest-order harmonics and producing a higher quality output waveform with a better harmonic profile.
Two port network parameters, Z, Y, ABCD, h and g parameters, Characteristic impedance,
Image transfer constant, image and iterative impedance, network function, driving point and
transfer functions – using transformed (S) variables, Poles and Zeros.
SINGLE PHASE SYMMETRICAL MULTILEVEL INVERTER DESIGN FOR VARIOUS LOADSelelijjournal
This paper presents a single phase symmetrical multilevel inverter with various loads. This proposed
topology is connected with R-load, RL-load and induction motor drive with unipolar Phase disposition
PWM technique. Among the four modulation technique it gives reduced harmonic. This proposed topology
has less number of switches than the conventional one. In conventional cascaded multilevel inverter have
twelve switches and the proposed topology have eight switches. Totally the four switches have been
reduced from the conventional one. It is designed to produce a seven level output. The simulation analysis
has been done by a MATLAB/SIMULINK model.
THD Minimisation for Phase Voltage of Multilevel Inverters Using Genetic Algo...theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF CLOSED LOOP DUAL INDUCTOR CURRENT-FED PUSH-PULL CONVER...Journal For Research
The current electronic devices require DC power source, which is taken from a battery or DC power supply. DC-DC converter is utilized to get regulated dc voltage from unregulated one. Switched mode power supply (SMPS) are commonly used in industrial applications, because of more advantages compared to linear power supply. In SMPS we have isolated and non-isolated converters, where isolated converters are frequently used, in order to get more voltage with multiple outputs. So among different isolated converters, push-pull converter is chosen for micro converter applications to obtain high voltage conversion ratio by using HF transformer, due to their better utilization of transformer. New methodology of control is implemented for making ZVS and ZCS at same time and to reduce the number of switches in the secondary side of dual inductor CFPP converter, which is a voltage doubler circuit. This becomes the solution for problem identification. Thus this converter with soft-switching reduces the switching losses.The current-fed push-pull converters are used in many applications like photo-voltaic (PV) power converters for boosting the output voltage. Push-pull converter is chosen for micro converter applications, to obtain high voltage conversion ratio by using high frequency (HF) transformer, due to their better utilization of transformer. This deals with the design of dual inductor CFPP converter, where zero voltage switching (ZVS) and zero current switching (ZCS) is achieved for the primary side of the converter by using secondary switches. Primary side switches are controlled by closed loop control topology. The secondary side is made with voltage doubler to obtain high voltage. Open loop and closed loop control of dual inductor current fed push pull converter simulation is finished by MATLAB/SIMULINK and their outcomes are analyzed.
A New Multilevel Inverter Structure For High-Power Applications using Multi-c...IJPEDS-IAES
In recent, several numbers of multilevel inverter structures have been
introduced that the numbers of circuit devices have been reduced. This paper
introduces a new structure for multilevel inverter which can be used in highpower
applications. The proposed topology is based on cascaded connection
of basic units. This topology consists of minimum number of circuit
components such as IGBT, gate driver circuit and antiparallel diode. For
proposed topology, two methods are presented for determination of dc
voltage sources values. Multi-carrier PWM method for 25-level proposed
topology is used. Verification of the analytical results is done using
MATLAB simulation.
Analysis of Multilevel Inverter using Bipolar and Unipolar Switching Schemes ...ijsrd.com
Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter (MLI) is most efficient topology for medium and high voltage DC-AC conversion, having less output harmonics and less commutation losses. Disadvantages are their complexity, more number of power devices, passive components and a complex control circuitry. Here a Cascaded Hybrid Multilevel Inverter is used to produce a three phase 9-level output voltages. Now a day inverter is also know as a DC-AC converter, is one of the most popular part of electrical device. This proposed inverter widely used in industries application such as speed control of induction motor. This thesis focus on three phase 9-level bipolar and unipolar switching inverter with characteristics like output voltage boosting ability and also we discus about the bipolar and unipolar switching scheme along with capacitor voltage control. The modified topology uses Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) with bidirectional and unidirectional switches producing boost up output voltage. Here a hybrid Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technique is applied to control the power devices. This modulation technique uses a sine wave and a repeating wave, these waves are combined and a complete reference wave is generated. There is comparative study between CHB and modified topology between number of power devices used and Total Harmonic Distortions (THD). THD of modified topology is reduced and analyzed by FFT window. The results are observed by MATLAB/SIMULINK software.
APPLICATIONS OF FLOATING-GATE MOSFET IN THE DESIGN OF INVERTER AND RING OSCIL...elelijjournal
This paper presents the application of floating-gate MOSFET (FGMOS) in the design of low voltage and
high speed digital circuits wherein threshold voltage tunability of FGMOS has been exploited to enhance
the performance of inverter in terms of various parameters like switching threshold voltage, noise margins,
propagation delay and energy delay product. It has been observed that by varying the bias voltage in
FGMOS, the voltage transfer characteristics can be altered that result in lowering of switching threshold
voltage, increased noise margins, reduced propagation delay and less energy delay product as compared to
the standard CMOS inverter. This paper also demonstrates the design of ring oscillator using FGMOS and
it has been found that FGMOS based ring oscillator exhibits higher frequency of oscillation as compared to
its CMOS counterpart. The performance of these circuits has been verified through PSpice simulations
carried out using level 7 parameters in 0.13 µm CMOS technology with a supply voltage of 1 V.
Multilevel inverters are emerging as the new breed of power converter options for high power applications. They typically synthesis the staircase voltage waveform (from several dc sources) which reduced harmonic content. This paper presents a simple selective harmonic elimination (SHE) modulation for single-phase cascaded H-bridge (CHB) multilevel inverter. The optimum switching angle of the transcendental equations describing the fundamental and harmonic components is solved by means of the Newton-Raphson (NR) method. The proposed SHE scheme is performed through simulation using MATLAB/Simulink. This simulation results are then verified through experiment using Altera DE0-Nano field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The proposed SHE is efficient in eliminating the lowest-order harmonics and producing a higher quality output waveform with a better harmonic profile.
Improved hybrid algorithm based on GA and local search method for asymmetric...nooriasukmaningtyas
Selective harmonic elimination has emerged as an in-depth research method to replace traditional PWM technology. This study demonstrates the selective harmonic elimination by using a hybrid Genetic algorithm GA and local search (GA-LS) method of a uniform asymmetric multilevel inverter called USAMI That removes the higher-order harmonics defined while maintaining the fundamental voltage needed. This new technology can be implemented at any USAMI level. For example, in this article, we plan to use USAMI at 9 levels and find the optimal switching angle to remove the 5th, 7th, and 11th harmonics.
A New Configuration of Asymmetric Multilevel Converter to Maximize the Number...IJMTST Journal
The multilevel converters are increasingly becoming popular because of its high power applications. This research paper describes about the new structure that can produce increased number of output voltage waveform using a single source and reduced number of power electronic components. In designing a multilevel converter, the power electronic switches play a very imperative role as it describes the installation area, cost, configuration complexity and may more things that play a significant role while designing. The prime function of multilevel converter is to abolish total harmonic distortion and to incorporate desired ac voltage from several separate dc sources. Each level consists of H-Bridge converter units. High efficiency, high voltage capability, lower switching losses are its prime advantages. A multilevel power converter structure can be introduced as an alternative in medium voltage and high power situations. This structure not only achieves high power ratings but also empower the use of renewable energy sources. It finds its basic application in adjustable speed drives, Static Compensator (STATCOM).
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Design and Simulation of Power Factor Correction Boost Converter using Hyster...ijtsrd
Nowadays various power converters like AC DC or DC DC are widely used due to their flexible output voltage and high efficiency. But these converters take the current in the form of pulses from the utility grid so that the high Total Harmonic Distortion THD and poor Power Factor PF are the major disadvantages of these converters. Hence there is a continuous need for PF improvement and reduction of line current harmonics. The most popular topology for Active Power Factor Correction APFC is a boost converter as it draws continuous input current. This input current can be manipulated by Hysteresis control technique. The boost converter can perform this type of active power factor correction in many discontinuous and continuous modes. The design and simulation of boost converter with power factor correction in continuous conduction mode is represented by using MATLAB SIMULINK software. Yu Yu Khin | Yan Aung Oo "Design and Simulation of Power Factor Correction Boost Converter using Hysteresis Control" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd27905.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/27905/design-and-simulation-of-power-factor-correction-boost-converter-using-hysteresis-control/yu-yu-khin
A novel optimization harmonic elimination technique for cascaded multilevel i...journalBEEI
The main goal of utilizing Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE) techniques in Multilevel Inverters (MLI) is to produce a high-quality output voltage signal with a minimum Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). By calculating N switching angles, SHE technique can eliminate (N-1) low order odd harmonics of the output voltage waveform. To optimized and obtained these switching angles, N of nonlinear equations should be solved using a numerical method. Modulation index (m) and duty cycle play a big role in selective harmonic elimination technique to obtain a minimum harmonic distortion and desired fundamental component voltage. In this paper, a novel Optimization Harmonic Elimination Technique (OHET) based on SHE scheme is proposed to re-mitigate Total Harmonic Distortion. The performance of seven-level H-bridge cascade inverter is evaluated using PSIM and validated experimentally by developing a purposely built microcontroller-based printed circuit board.
Design of New Single-phase Multilevel Voltage Source InverterIAES-IJPEDS
Multilevel inverters with more number of levels can produce high quality voltage waveforms. In this paper, a new single-phase structure for multilevel voltage source inverter is proposed which can generate a large number of levels with reduced number of IGBTs, gate driver circuits and diodes. Three algorithms for determination of dc voltage sources’ magnitudes are presented which provide odd and even levels at the output voltage waveform. A comparison is presented between proposed multilevel inverter and conventional cascade topology. The proposed topology is analyzed by the experimental and simulation results.
Diode Free T-Type Five Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverter for Low Voltage D...IJTET Journal
Abstract—The multilevel inverter is used as a solution to increase the inverter operating voltage above the voltage limits of classical semiconductors. A Diode Free T-Type Five Level NPC inverter for Low Voltage DC System is proposed in this paper. The T-Type inverter topology is more efficient and conventional than I-type inverter topology. Considerable suppression of the harmonic current is the ultimate goal of multilevel inverter. Losses like Semiconductor loss, conduction loss are mainly due to IGBT & diode in the current path. So the proposed system is designed with cool MOSFET without diode. The middle bidirectional switch is replaced by two pair of MOSFET. Hence the five level NPC inverter is more significant for low and medium power range DC source and for Renewable energy system.
three level diode clamp inverter. that converts any type of DC ( rectified, PV cell, battery etc.) to AC supply. we made by mosfet and ardiuno . in this ppt we present the Simulink model of a three-level inverter and the hardware presentation of the inverter.
Investigation of THD for Cascaded Multi-Level Inverter Using Multicarrier Mod...IJERA Editor
A novelty kind of Multilevel converters are used in high voltage and high power application of industry field, can able to produce near sinusoidal voltage/currents with only operating at fundamental frequency switching. This paper presents a initial level of 5-level up to its giant level 13-level cascaded multilevel converter. In now a days multilevel inverters has become very popular for motor drive applications of industry. Multicarrier pulse width modulation techniques is an effective solution for increases the number of levels of the output wave form and thereby dramatically reduced the harmonics and total harmonic distortion(THD). The output waveform has 5,7,9,11 and 13 levels. In this paper three multicarrier pulse width modulation techniques such as phase shifted, level shifted and the wave level shifted Multi-carrier modulation PWM techniques are discussed. These methods are modeled for all level CMC by using the MATLAB/SIMULINK and the THD of the these methods are compared.
Estimation of Harmonics in Three-phase and Six-phase (Multi- phase) Load Circ...IAES-IJPEDS
The Harmonics are very harmful within an electrical system and can have serious consequences such as reducing the life of apparatus, stress on cable and equipment etc. This paper cites extensive analytical study of harmonic characteristics of multiphase (six- phase) and three-phase system equipped with two & three level inverters for non-linear loads. Multilevel inverter has elevated voltage capability with voltage limited devices; low harmonic distortion; abridged switching losses. Multiphase technology also pays a promising role in harmonic reduction. Matlab simulation is carried out to compare the advantage of multi-phase over three phase systems equipped with two or three level inverters for non-linear load harmonic reduction.The extensive simulation results are presented based on case studies.
This paper deals with the design of cascaded 11 level H- bridge inverter. It includes a comparison between the 11 level H-bridge and T-bridge multilevel inverter. The cascaded inverter of higher level is a very effective and practical solution for reduction of total harmonic distortion (THD).These cascaded multilevel inverter can be used for higher voltage applications with more stability. As the level is increased the output waveform becomes more sinusoidal in nature. The inverter is designed using multicarrier sinusoidal pulse width modulation technique for generating triggering pulses for the semiconductor switches used in the device. Through this paper it will be proved that a cascaded multilevel H-bridge topology has higher efficiency than a T-bridge inverter, as whichever source input voltage is provided since input is equal to the output voltage. In T-bridge inverter, the output obtained is half of the applied input, so efficiency is just half as compared to H-bridge. The output waveform is distorted and has higher THD. The simulation is performed using MATLAB /Simulink 2013 software.
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FACTS devices are one of the latest technologies which have been used to
improve power system dynamic and stability during recent years. However,
widespread adoption of this technology has been hampered by high cost
and reliability concerns. In this paper an economical phase imbalanced shunt
reactive compensation concept has been introduced and its ability for power
system dynamic enhancement and inter-area oscillation damping are
investigated. A hybrid phase imbalanced scheme is a shunt capacitive
compensation scheme, where two phases are compensated by fixed shunt
capacitor (C) and the third phase is compensated by a Static Synchronous
Compensator (STATCOM) in shunt with a fixed capacitor (CC). The power
system dynamic stability enhancement would be achieved by adding
a conventional Wide Area Damping Controller (WADC) to the main control
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added to the main control loop of the unbalanced compensator in order to
damp the inter area oscillations. The proposed arrangement would, certainly,
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dynamic enhancement.
Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling Proportional–Integral Control for Improving the Speed B...IJPEDS-IAES
In this article, we have set up a vector control law of induction machine
where we tried different type of speed controllers. Our control strategy is of
type Field Orientated Control (FOC). In this structure we designed a Fuzzy
Gain-Scheduling Proportional–Integral (Pi) controller to obtain best result
regarding the speed of induction machine. At the beginning we designed a Pi
controller with fixed parameters. We came up to these parameters by
identifying the transfer function of this controller to that of Broïda (second
order transfer function). Then we designed a fuzzy logic (FL) controller.
Based on simulation results, we highlight the performances of each
controller. To improve the speed behaviour of the induction machine, we
have designend a controller called “Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling Proportional–
Integral controller” (FGS-PI controller) which inherited the pros of the
aforementioned controllers. The simulation result of this controller will
strengthen its performances.
Advance Technology in Application of Four Leg Inverters to UPQCIJPEDS-IAES
This article presents a novel application of four leg inverter with
conventional Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) Scheme to
Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC). The Power Quality problem
became burning issues since the starting of high voltage AC transmission
system. Hence, in this article it has been discussed to mitigate the PQ issues
in high voltage AC systems through a three phase Unified Power Quality
Conditioner (UPQC) under various conditions, such as harmonic mitigation
scheme, non linear loads, sag and swell conditions as well. Also, it proposes
to control harmoincs with various artificial intelligent techniques. Thus
application of these control technique such as Neural Networks (ANN)
Fuzzy Logic makes the system performance in par with the standards
and also compared with existing system. The simulation results based on
MATLAB/Simulink are discussed in detail to support the concept developed
in the paper.
Modified SVPWM Algorithm for 3-Level Inverter Fed DTC Induction Motor DriveIJPEDS-IAES
In this paper, a modified space vector pulse width modulation (MSVPWM)
algorithm is developed for 3-level inverter fed direct torque controlled
induction motor drive (DTC-IMD). MSVPWM algorithm simplifies
conventional space vector pulse width modulation (CSVPWM) algorithm for
multilevel inverter (MLI), whose complexity lies in sector/subsector/subsubsector
identification; which will commensurate with number of levels. In
the proposed algorithm sectors are identified as in two level inverter
and subsectors/sub-subsectors are identified by shifting the original reference
vector to sector 1 (S1). This is valid due to the fact that a three level space
vector plane is a composition of six two level space planes, and are
symmetrical with reference to six pivot states. Switching state/sequence
selection is also very important while dealing with SVPWM strategy for
MLI. In the proposed algorithm out of 27 available switching states apt
switching state is selected based on sector and subsector number, such that
voltage ripple is considerably less. To validate the proposed algorithm, it is
tested on a three level neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter fed DTC-IMD.
The performance of the MSVPWM algorithm is analyzed by comparing no
load stator current ripple of the three level DTC-IMD with two level
DTC-IMD. Significant reduction in steady state torque and flux ripple is
observed. Hence, reduced acoustic noise is a distinctive facet of the proposed
method.
Modelling of a 3-Phase Induction Motor under Open-Phase Fault Using Matlab/Si...IJPEDS-IAES
The d-q model of Induction Motors (IMs) has been effectively used as an
efficient method to analyze the performance of the induction machines. This
study presents a step by step Matlab/Simulink implementation
of a star-connected 3-phase IM under open-phase fault (faulty 3-phase IM)
using d-q model. The presented technique in this paper can be simply
implemented in one block and can be made available for control purposes.
The simulated results provide to show the behavior of the star-connected 3-phase IM under open-phase fault condition.
Performance Characteristics of Induction Motor with FielIJPEDS-IAES
With development of power electronics and control Theories, the AC motor
control becomes easier. So the AC motors are used instead of the DC motor
in the drive applications. With this development, a several methods of control
are invented. The field oriented control and direct torque control are from the
best methods to control the drive systems. This paper is compared between
the field oriented control and direct torque control to show the advantages
and disadvantages of these methods of controls. This study discussed the
effects of these methods of control on the total harmonic distortion of the
current and torque ripples. This occurs through study the performance
characteristics of the AC motor. The motor used in this study is an induction
motor. This study is simulated through the MATLAB program.
A Novel Modified Turn-on Angle Control Scheme for Torque- Ripple Reduction in...IJPEDS-IAES
In recent years, Switched Reluctance Motors (SRM) have been dramatically
considered with both researchers and industries. SRMs not only have a
simple and reliable structure, but also have low cost production process.
However, discrete torque production of SRM along with intensive magnetic
saturation in stator and rotor cores are the major drawbacks of utilizing in
variety of industrial applications and also causes the inappropriate torque
ripples. In this paper, a modified logical-rule-based Torque Sharing Function
(TSF) method is proposed considering turn-on angle control. The optimized
turn-on angle for conducting each phase is achieved by estimating the
inductance curve in the vicinity of unaligned position and based on an
analytical solution for each phase voltage equation. Simulation results on a
four-phase switched reluctance motor and comparison with the conventional
methods validates the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Modeling and Simulation of Induction Motor based on Finite Element AnalysisIJPEDS-IAES
This paper presents the development of a co-simulation platform of induction
motor (IM). For the simulation, a coupled model is introduced which
contains the control, the power electronics and also the induction machine.
Each of these components is simulated in different software environments.
So, this study provides an advanced modeling and simulation tools for IM
which integrate all the components into one common simulation platform
environment. In this work, the IM is created using Ansys-Maxwell based on
Finite Element Analysis (FEA), whereas the power electronic converter is
developed in Ansys-Simplorer and the control scheme is build in MATLABSimulink
environment. Such structure can be useful for accurate design
and allows coupling analysis for more realistic simulation. This platform is
exploited to analyze the system models with faults caused by failures of
different drive’s components. Here, two studies cases are presented: the first
is the effects of a faulty device of the PWM inverter, and the second case is
the influence of the short circuit of two stator phases. In order to study the
performance of the control drive of the IM under fault conditions,
a co-simulation of the global dynamic model has been proposed to analyze
the IM behavior and control drives. In this work, the co-simulation has been
performed; furthermore the simulation results of scalar control allowed
verifying the precision of the proposed FEM platform.
Comparative Performance Study for Closed Loop Operation of an Adjustable Spee...IJPEDS-IAES
In this paper an extensive comparative study is carried out between PI
and PID controlled closed loop model of an adjustable speed Permanent
Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drive. The incorporation of Sinusoidal
Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) strategy establishes near sinusoidal
armature phase currents and comparatively less torque ripples without
sacrificing torque/weight ratio. In this closed loop model of PMSM drive, the
information about reference speed is provided to a speed controller, to ensure
that actual drive speed tracks the reference speed with ideally zero steady
state speed error. The entire model of PMSM closed loop drive is divided
into two loops, inner loop current and outer loop speed. By taking the
different combinations of two classical controllers (PI & PID) related with
two loop control structure, different approximations are carried out. Hence a
typical comparative study is introduced to familiar with the different
performance indices of the system corresponding to time domain and
frequency domain specifications. Therefore overall performance of closed
loop PMSM drive is tested and effectiveness of controllers will be
determined for different combinations.
Novel Discrete Components Based Speed Controller for Induction MotorIJPEDS-IAES
This paper presents an electronic design based on general purpose discrete
components for speed control of a single phase induction motor drive. The
MOSFETs inverter switching is controlled using Sampled Sinusoidal Pulse
Width Modulation (SPWM) techniques with V/F method based on Voltage
Controlled Oscillator (VCO). The load power is also controlled by a novel
design to produce a suitable SPWM pulse. The proposed electronic system
has ability to control the output frequency with flexible setting of lower limit
to less than 1 Hz and to higher frequency limits to 55 Hz. Moreover, the
proposed controller able to control the value of load voltage to frequency
ratio, which plays a major parameter in the function of IM speed control.
Furthermore, the designed system is characterized by easy manufacturing
and maintenance, high speed response, low cost, and does not need to
program steps as compared to other systems based on Microcontroller
and digital signal processor (DSP) units. The complete proposed electronic
design is made by the software of NI Multisim version 11.0 and all the
internal sub-designs are shown in this paper. Simulation results show the
effectiveness of electronic design for a promising of a high performance IM
PWM drive.
Sensorless Control of a Fault Tolerant PMSM Drives in Case of Single-Phase Op...IJPEDS-IAES
This paper introduces a sensorless-speed-controlled PMSM motor fed by a
four-leg inverter in case of a single phase open circuit fault regardless in
which phase is the fault. To minimize the system performance degradation
due to a single phase open circuit fault, a fault tolerant control strategy that
includes taking appropriate actions to control the two remaining healthy
currents is used in addition to use the fourth leg of the inverter. Tracking the
saliency is done through measuring the dynamic current responses of the
healthy phases of the PMSM motor due the IGBT switching actions using the
fundamental PWM method without introducing any modification to the
operation of the fourth leg of the inverter. Simulation results are provided to
verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy for sensorless controlling of
a PMSM motor driven by a fault-tolerant four-phase inverter over a wide
speed ranges under the case of a single phase open circuit.
Improved Stator Flux Estimation for Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor ...IJPEDS-IAES
Stator flux estimation using voltage model is basically the integration of the
induced stator back electromotive force (emf) signal. In practical
implementation the pure integration is replaced by a low pass filter to avoid
the DC drift and saturation problems at the integrator output because of the
initial condition error and the inevitable DC components in the back emf
signal. However, the low pass filter introduces errors in the estimated stator
flux which are significant at frequencies near or lower than the cutoff
frequency. Also the DC components in the back emf signal are amplified at
the low pass filter output by a factor equals to . Therefore, different
integration algorithms have been proposed to improve the stator flux
estimation at steady state and transient conditions. In this paper a new
algorithm for stator flux estimation is proposed for direct torque control
(DTC) of induction motor drives. The proposed algorithm is composed of a
second order high pass filter and an integrator which can effectively
eliminates the effect of the error initial condition and the DC components.
The amplitude and phase errors compensation algorithm is selected such that
the steady state frequency response amplitude and phase angle are equivalent
to that of the pure integrator and the multiplication and division by stator
frequency are avoided. Also the cutoff frequency selection is improved; even
small value can filter out the DC components in the back emf signal. The
simulation results show the improved performance of the induction motor
direct torque control drive with the proposed stator flux estimation algorithm.
The simulation results are verified by the experimental results.
Minimization of Starting Energy Loss of Three Phase Induction Motors Based on...IJPEDS-IAES
The purpose of this paper is to minimize energy losses consumed by three
phase induction motors during starting with wide range of load torque from
no load to full load. This will limit the temperature rise and allows for more
numbers of starting during a definite time. Starting energy losses
minimization is achieved by controlling the rate of increasing voltage
and frequency to start induction motor under certain load torque within a
definite starting time. Optimal voltage and frequency are obtained by particle
swarm optimization (PSO) tool according to load torque. Then, outputs of the
PSO are used to design a neuro-fuzzy controller to control the output voltage
and frequency of the inverter during starting for each load torque. The
starting characteristics using proposed method are compared to that of direct
on line and V/F methods. A complete model of the system is developed using
SIMULINK/MATLAB.
Hardware Implementation of Solar Based Boost to SEPIC Converter Fed Nine Leve...IJPEDS-IAES
Multi level inverters are widely used in high power applications because of
low harmonic distortion. This paper deals with the simulation
and implementation of PV based boost to SEPIC converter with multilevel
inverter. The output of PV system is stepped up using boost to sepic
converter and it is converted into AC using a multilevel inverter.
The simulation and experimental results with the R load is presented in this
paper. The FFT analysis is done and the THD values are compared. Boost to
SEPIC converter is proposed to step up the voltage to the required value. The
experimental results are compared with the simulation results. The results
indicate that nine level inverter system has better performance than seven
level inverter system.
Transformer Less Voltage Quadrupler Based DC-DC Converter with Coupled Induct...IJPEDS-IAES
In this paper a voltage quadrupler dc-dc converter with coupled inductor
and π filter is presented. The use of the coupled inductor reduces the high
leakage inductance which is present in a transformer enabled converter.
The output ripples in the converter is reduced by providing a π filter.
The interleaved voltage quadrupler is used in this system in order to boost the
output voltage. The voltage multiplier improves the output voltage gain.
The main advantage of this system is more voltage gain when compared with
the transformer eneabled circuit and the overall efficiency of the system is
improved. The circuit is simple to control. As a final point of this research,
the simulation and the hardware investigational results are presented to
demonstrate the effectiveness of this proposed converter.
IRAMY Inverter Control for Solar Electric VehicleIJPEDS-IAES
Solar Electric Vehicles (SEV) are considered the future vehicles to solve the issues of air pollution, global warming, and the rapid decreases of the petroleum resources facing the current transportation technology. However, SEV are still facing important technical obstacles to overcome. They include batteries energy storage capacity, charging times, efficiency of the solar panels and electrical propulsion systems. Solving any of those problems and electric vehicles will compete-complement the internal combustion engines vehicles. In the present work, we propose an electrical propulsion system based on three phase induction motor in order to obtain the desired speed and torque with less power loss. Because of the need to lightweight nature, small volume, low cost, less maintenance and high efficiency system, a three phase squirrel cage induction motor (IM) is selected in the electrical propulsion system. The IM is fed from three phase inverter operated by a constant V/F control method and Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) algorithm. The proposed control strategy has been implemented on the texas instruments TM320F2812 Digital Signal Processor (DSP) to generate SVPWM signal needed to trigger the gates of IGBT based inverter. The inverter used in this work is a three phase inverter IRAMY20UP60B type. The experimental results show the ability of the proposed control strategy to generate a three-phase sine wave signal with desired frequency. The proposed control strategy is experimented on a locally manufactured EV prototype. The results show that the EV prototype can be propelled to speed up to 60km/h under different road conditions.
Design and Implementation of Single Phase AC-DC Buck-Boost Converter for Powe...IJPEDS-IAES
This paper discusses the Power Factor Correction (PFC) for single phase AC-DC Buck-Boost Converter (BBC) operated in Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM) using inductor average current mode control. The proposed control technique employs Proportional-Integral (PI) controller in the outer voltage loop and the Inductor Average Current Mode Control (IACMC) in the inner current loop for PFC BBC. The IACMC has advantages such as robustness when there are large variations in line voltage and output load. The PI controller is developed by using state space average model of BBC. The simulation of the proposed system with its control circuit is implemented in MatLab/Simulink. The simulation results show a nearly unity power factor can be attained and there is almost no change in power factor when the line frequency is at various ranges. Experimental results are provided to show its validity and feasibility.
Improvement of Wind farm with PMSG using STATCOMIJPEDS-IAES
This paper studies about the dynamic performance of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator with Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) for Wind farm integration. A whole dynamic model of wind energy conversion system (WECS) with PMSG and STATCOM are established in a MATLAB environment. With this model the dynamic behaviour of the generator and the overall system has been studied to determine the performance of them with and without STATCOM. Final results portrays that the WECS based PMSG with STATCOM improves the transient response of the wind farm when the system is in fault.
Modeling and Control of a Doubly-Fed Induction Generator for Wind Turbine-Gen...IJPEDS-IAES
This paper presents a vector control direct (FOC) of double fed induction generator intended to control the generated stator powers. This device is intended to be implemented in a variable-speed wind-energy conversion system connected to the grid. In order to control the active and reactive power exchanged between the machine stator and the grid, the rotor is fed by a bi-directional converter. The DFIG is controlled by standard relay controllers. Details of the control strategy and system simulation were performed using Simulink and the results are presented in this here to show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.
A Review on Design and Development of high Reliable Hybrid Energy Systems wit...IJPEDS-IAES
Hybrid Energy system is a combination of two or more different types of energy resources. Now a day this hybrid energy system plays key role in various remote area power applications. Hybrid energy system is more reliable than single energy system. This paper deals with high reliable hybrid energy system with solar, wind and micro hydro resources. The proposed hybrid system cable of multi mode operation and high reliable due to non communicated based controllers (Droop Characteristic Control) are used for optimal power sharing. Size of battery can be reduced because hydro used as back up source and Maximum power point Tracking also applied to solar and wind energy systems.
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Advancements in technology unveil a myriad of electrical and electronic breakthroughs geared towards efficiently harnessing limited resources to meet human energy demands. The optimization of hybrid solar PV panels and pumped hydro energy supply systems plays a pivotal role in utilizing natural resources effectively. This initiative not only benefits humanity but also fosters environmental sustainability. The study investigated the design optimization of these hybrid systems, focusing on understanding solar radiation patterns, identifying geographical influences on solar radiation, formulating a mathematical model for system optimization, and determining the optimal configuration of PV panels and pumped hydro storage. Through a comparative analysis approach and eight weeks of data collection, the study addressed key research questions related to solar radiation patterns and optimal system design. The findings highlighted regions with heightened solar radiation levels, showcasing substantial potential for power generation and emphasizing the system's efficiency. Optimizing system design significantly boosted power generation, promoted renewable energy utilization, and enhanced energy storage capacity. The study underscored the benefits of optimizing hybrid solar PV panels and pumped hydro energy supply systems for sustainable energy usage. Optimizing the design of solar PV panels and pumped hydro energy supply systems as examined across diverse climatic conditions in a developing country, not only enhances power generation but also improves the integration of renewable energy sources and boosts energy storage capacities, particularly beneficial for less economically prosperous regions. Additionally, the study provides valuable insights for advancing energy research in economically viable areas. Recommendations included conducting site-specific assessments, utilizing advanced modeling tools, implementing regular maintenance protocols, and enhancing communication among system components.
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method is longer computational time than normal time domain methods. Nowadays high speed processors
were available to reduce computational time. Whether it may be frequency domain approach or time domain
approach, the conventional APFs are too composite and costly in practical, when the quantity to be controlled
varies over a long range. Hence an increased alternative is to use artificial intelligent (AI) techniques such as
embedded system, fuzzy logic, neural network etc.
The proposed hybrid technique reduces the harmonics in the powersystem by combining the
techniques of fuzzy logic and the neural network. This technique can eliminate the harmonics selectively by
optimal selection and choosing the switching angles of the multilevel inverter. By selecting optimal selection
of switching angles, generation of harmonics can be avoided in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter.
2. MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS
Multilevel inverters are considerably different from the normal inverter where only two levels are
obtained. The semiconductor devices are not linked in series to one solitary high-voltage switch. In which
each assembly of devices put in to astep in the output voltage waveform. The steps are augmented to obtain
an almost sinusoid waveform. The number of involved switches is increased for increment of every level.
Multilevel converters are several types. The main three types of multilevel converters are: diode-clamped
multilevel converters, capacitor-clamped multilevel converters, and cascaded H-bridges multilevel
converters.
Let us discuss the difference between “multilevel inverter” and “multilevel converter”. The term
“multilevel converter” suggest to the converter itself. The main purpose of a multilevel inverter is to produce
a preferred ac output voltage waveform from several levels of dc input voltages. These dc voltages may be
equal or may not be equal to each another. The ac output voltages obtained from these dc input voltages
approach a sinusoid. The conventional two or three levels inverter does not completely eliminate the
undesirable harmonics in the output voltage waveform. Therefore, using the multilevel inverter as an
substitute to conventional PWM inverters is examined.
In this topology the number of output voltage levels at the converter terminals is 2N+1, where N is
the number of dc link voltage sources. In this topology, each cell has split dc link capacitors and the voltage
across the capacitors capacity differ among the each cell. So, each power circuit just need one dc input
voltage source. The dc link capacitor number is proportional to the phase voltage levels number. Each H-
bridge cell may contain zero, positive or negative voltages. Final ac output voltage is the sum of all H-bridge
voltages and is balanced with respect to neutral point, so the number of output voltage levels is odd.
Cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters characteristically use IGBT switches. These switches have
high switching frequencies and low blocking voltages.
Figure 1. Cascaded H-bridge 7-level Inverter
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Consider the seven level multilevel inverter; it requires total of 12 IGBT switches and three dc input
voltage sources (by the formula mentioned above i.e 2N+1). This seven level multilevel inverter is shown in
the Figure 1. The cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter is basically a series connection of multiple H-bridge
inverters. Each H-bridge inverter has the same arrangement as a typical single-phase full-bridge inverter.
The output of the inverter is a sporadically alternating staircase output waveform, not a sinusoidal
waveform as predictable. The inverter output waveform encloses harmonics. Mathematically, the output
waveform is a outline of an infinite chain of harmonics. The magnitude of the harmonics must always be
restricted below threshold levels.
Figure 2. Output waveform
The cascaded H-bridges multilevel inverter uses Separate DC Sources (SDCSs) to produce an AC
output voltage waveform. Each single H-bridge inverter is linked to its own DC source Vdc. By cascading
the AC output voltages of each single H-bridge inverter, an AC output voltage waveform is produced. By
closing the suitable switches, each H-bridge inverter can produce three different types of voltages: +Vdc, 0
and -Vdc. Cascade multilevel inverter [CMLI] is one of the most important topology.It requires low number
of components with compare to diode-clamped and flying capacitors type multilevel inverters.This circuit is
simulated using the MATLAB software. The output waveform is shown in Figure 2.
Mathematical modeling of switching angles and SHE Equations for cascaded multilevel inverter
The Fourier series development of the stairway production voltage signal of the multilevel inverter
as detailed in Figure 3.2 is specific by
( ) =
4V
nπ
∞
, …
(cos( ) + ( ) + ⋯ ( )) (1)
Here, Vic voltage source magnitude, s indicates every phase dc supply number.
For a preferred primary voltage v1, the switching angles θ1…... and are to be resolute so that V (at) = V1sin
(at) fulfilling the subsequent state:
0≤ θ1< θ2……. < as ≤ 2 as revealed in Figure 3.2.
The initial harmonics are complete equal to the preferred primary voltage V1 and precise superior harmonics
of V (at) equivalent to zero.
4
cos( ) + ( ) + ⋯ ( ) = (2)
( ) + ( ) ± ⋯ + ( ) = 0 (3)
Here n = 5, 7……….
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Therefore, with s numeral of switching positions, single is worn intended for primary voltage, residual (s-1)
designed for the predominate lesser sort harmonics removed. In three phase scheme, the triple harmonics
cancel out routinely in the line to line voltages. The 5th
, 7th
, sort harmonics have to be eliminated as they
influence the THD greatly.
3. PROPOSED METHOD FOR SWITCHING ANGLES
The proposed technique executes evaluation to determine the most favorable switching angles,
which can reduce the creation of harmonics in the multilevel inverter. The complete technique considers the
constraint of eliminating the harmonics origination by selectively justifying any of the harmonics. In other
words, the technique can justify (mitigate) the selected harmonics and so the entire harmonics origination.
Accordingly, the technique determines the voltage pattern that has low Hth order voltage harmonics. For
instance, if the 5th order and 7th order harmonics are to be strictly justified in eliminating the harmonics
origination, the harmonic voltages 5V and 7 V should be too small. From the data set the switching angle
model corresponding to the selected harmonic voltage model is determined. To perform the selective
justification, the selection factors have to be given as input. Then, iterative approach is instigating with the
initiation of switching angles in their intervals. In the approach, a collection of subjective vectors are
generated as follows
=
( ) ( )
… … …
( )
; 0 ≤ ≤ (1)
where, Za is the ath
vector present in the collection and
( )
is the jth switching angle of vector.
Every vector in the collection needs to satisfy the constraint,
α
( )
< α
( )
< ⋯ < α
( )
(2)
The obtained vector is calculated by giving input vector to the neural network and trained FIS. From
the attained output vectors, the evaluation factor is resolved as follows
E
( )
= 0.3[β THD + β THD + (THD − THD ) ] (3)
where, E
( )
is the evaluation factor for each and every arbitrary vector, THD and THD are the total
harmonic distortion, when the ath
vector is the switching angle pattern estimated by the neural network and
FIS, respectively and b1 and b2 are constants. The THD can be determined as following
=
1
( )
( )
, ..
(4)
where,
( )
and
( )
are the fundamental voltages expected by the neural network for the ath
and hth
order
harmonics voltages respectively and is the selection factor for hth
order harmonic. From the collection,
2⁄ vectors that have least evaluation factor are preferred and subjected to vector substitute. In the vector
substitute operation, the vector that has the least evaluation factor is obtained. Based on the vector, the
substitute of elements of the remaining vector are executed as follows
α =
⎩
⎪⎪
⎨
⎪⎪
⎧
α + 1
α
; α < α
α ; α = α
α − 1
α
; α > α
⎭
⎪⎪
⎬
⎪⎪
⎫
(5)
where,α is the jth
new switching angle and α is the jth
switching angle, which is attained from the
vector that has the least performed factor. Thus obtained new vectors are subjected to satisfy the constraint in
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above given equation. Once the vector elements substitution is done, 2⁄ vectors are gained. They are
placed in the collection along with the selected 2⁄ vectors so as to make the collection (pool) size to be
P size. The entire process is is repeated until reaches Imax by the number of iterations. Once the maximum
number of iterations is reached, the process is completed and the vector which has the less evaluation factor
is obtained from the collection (pool). The resultant vector has the best (optimal) switching angles that can
prevent the formation of harmonics for the given multilevel inverter, by selectively justifying (mitigating) the
given elements of harmonics.
Fuzzy logic controller is considered for the best selection of switching angles for harmonic
justification in multilevel inverter. The following steps were implicated in the design procedure.
1. The input variables and the output variables are the switching angles and the harmonic voltage.
2. The universe of discourse is portioned for the input and output variables.
3. For the input and output variables Triangular membership functions is taken and are designed.
4. The Linguistic control rules were stored in the Rule base required by rule evaluator. In the projected
work three inputs were used.
5. For the input and output variables no normalization is done.
6. The inputs are applied.
7. Fuzzy estimated reasoning is applied to the inputs.
8. For defuzzification centroid method is used.
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The implementation of the proposed technique is executed in the raised area of MATLAB (version
7.10) and we have employed the provided fuzzy and neural network toolboxes. In the assesement (estimate)
phase, we have considered that the multilevel H-bridge inverter, which is responsible for producing the
harmonics exaggerated (affected) voltage waveforms. The multilevel inverter has 3 H-bridges (i.e for 7 level)
and so three switching angles α , α and α are need to be selected optimally. The technique is implemented
in such a way that it can eliminate the 3rd
order and 5th
order harmonics and so it can reduce the total
harmonic distortion. During the generation of fuzzy rules, Nl = 5 is considered and consequently the rules are
generated for the corresponding Nl = 5 classes. Once the fuzzy rules have been created, the network training
process has also been executed.The iterative approach is tested in the hybrid evaluation of switching angles
for different number of iterations. The matlab simulation circuit shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 shows
switching angles of H1, Figure 5 shows switching angles of H2 and Figure 6 shows switching angles of H3.
The output voltage obtained for those achieved optimal switching angles are given in Figure 7.
Figure 3. Matlab simulation Circuit
Figure 4. Switching angles for H1
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Figure 5. Switching angles for H2
Figure 6. Switching angles for H3
(a) Final output waveform from the inverter
(b) Output waveform switching angles of inverter bridge1
(c) Output waveform switching angles of inverter bridge2
(d) Output waveform switching angles of inverter bridge3
Figure 7. Output voltage obtained for optimal switching angles
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The performance of Fuzzy logic controller is well recognized for enhancement. The fuzzy logic
controller is very useful due to exact mathematical model for it is not necessary. Mainly it can be divided into
four major functional blocks namely Knowledge base, Fuzzification, Inference mechanism and
Defuzzification. The knowledge base is consists of data-base and rule-base. The data-base, consist of input
and output membership functions, which provides information for suitable fuzzification operations, the
inference mechanism and defuzzification. The rule-base consists of a set of linguistic rules linking the fuzzy
input variables to the preferred control actions.
From the obtained, we can visualize the effectiveness of the proposed technique. The final output
obtained from multilevel inverter shows the harmonics less waveform. The generated waveform shows the
harmless way to the nonlinear utilities. Figure 8 and Figure 9 shows the FET analysis for without and with
fuzzy controller. Table 1 shows the performance comparison of controller.
Figure 8. FET analysis for without Fuzzy controller
Figure 9. FET analysis for with Fuzzy controller
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06
-200
-100
0
100
200
Selected signal: 3 cycles. FFT window (in red): 1 cycles
Time (s)
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Harmonic order
Fundamental (50Hz) = 193.1 , THD= 25.61%
Mag(%ofFundamental)
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06
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0
200
Selected signal: 3 cycles. FFT window (in red): 1 cycles
Time (s)
0 5 10 15 20
0
2
4
6
8
10
Harmonic order
Fundamental (50Hz) = 268.9 , THD= 15.50%
Mag(%ofFundamental)
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Table 1 gives the comparison between for Total harmonic distortion percentage before control and
after control. Hence it is clear that the projected Fuzzy Logic Controller used in this paper gives better result
with the THD minimal value.
Table 1. Performance comparison of Controller
Method System Condition THD ( % )
Fuzzy Logic Before Compensation 25.61
After Compensation 15.50
5. CONCLUSION
In this paper, the design of fuzzy logic controller has been investigated for Cascaded H-bridge
multilevel inverter. The technique was implemented to estimate its performance in the elimination or
eradication of harmonics in a 7-level (i.e 3 H-bridge inverter). From the results, it has been shown that the
proposed technique can reach a outstanding level in harmonics elimination by justifying the dominant odd
harmonics. The results analysis has shown that the recommended optimal switching angles can pass up the
generation of harmonics and so the originated voltage waveform can maintain its free shape harmonics. It is
further observed that the fuzzy logic controller works effectively and achieves an acceptable levelof
harmonic suppression.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS
Y. Lalitha Kameswari was born in Vijayawada India. She received the B.Tech (Electrical and
Electronics Engineering) degree in Vijaya Institute of Technology for Women, Vijayawada,
India. Now she is doing M.Tech (Power Electronics and Drives) in K.L. University, Guntur,
India. Her areas of interest are Power Electronics and Power Quality. In her carrier Two
International Journal was published.
Dr. O. Chandra Sekhar is currently the Professor and Head of EEE Department in
K.L.University, Guntur, Ap, India. He had worked in different capacities in technical institutions
of higher learning for a period of over ten years. He obtained B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees from
JNT University, Hyderabad. He obtained Ph.D. in the year 2014 from JNT University,
Hyderabad in the area of Modulation and Control of Multi – Level Inverter – Fed Direct Torque
Control of Induction Motor Drives. He has over 25 publications in International and National
Journals/Conferences. He received prestigious young scientist award from SERB/DST. His
current research interests are in Multi – Level Inverters, FACTS Controllers, Micro Grids and
Smart Grids.