In this paper, various novel pulse width modulation techniques are proposed, which can minimize the total harmonic distortion and enhances the output voltages from five level inverter to multilevel topologies. Multilevel inverters are important for power electronics applications such as flexible ac transmission systems, renewable energy sources, uninterruptible power supplies and active power f...

Power electronic inverters are widely used in various industrial drive applications. To overcome the problems of the limited voltage and current ratings of power semiconductors devices, some kinds of series and/or parallel connections are necessary. Recently, the multilevel inverters have received more attention in literature due to their ability to synthesize waveforms with a better harmonic s...

A new general cascaded multilevel inverter using developed H-bridges is proposed. The proposed topology requires a lesser number of dc voltage sources and power switches and consists of lower blocking voltage on switches, which results in decreased complexity and total cost of the inverter. These abilities obtained within comparing the proposed topology with the conventional topologies from afo...

This paper presents a new space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) to eliminate common-mode voltage (CMV) for multilevel inverters. The proposed SVPWM is performed in a new coordinate system, in which the converter voltage vectors have only integer entries and the absolute coordinate increment between adjacent vectors is equal to 1. The location of the reference vector, detection of the near...

 Traditional 2-level high-frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters for motor drives have several problems associated with their high frequency switching which produces common-mode voltage and high voltage change (dV/dt) rates to the motor windings. Multilevel inverters solve these problems because their devices can switch at a much lower frequency. Two different multilevel topologies a...

This paper proposes a generalized space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technique for hybrid multilevel inverters for minimizing total harmonic distortion (THD). The proposed method easily determines the actual location of the instantaneous reference space vector and the corresponding switching sequence of a multilevel inverter. The proposed algorithm offers a novel method for minimizing ...

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

 Traditional high-frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters for motor drives have several problems associated with their high frequency switching which produces high voltage change (dV/dt) rates. Multilevel inverters solve these problems because their devices switch at the fundamental frequency. Two different multilevel topologies are identified for use as a converter for electric drive...

Abstract— Multilevel inverters have gained importance in medium voltage and high power drives applications due to superior performance over two level inverters such as lower harmonics, less voltage stress, better harmonic profile, reduced dv/dt stress, produce lower common mode voltage etc., This paper focuses on implementation of Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) Technique for Three ...

Custom power is a technology driven product and service solution which embraces a family devices such as Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR), Distributed Shunt Compensator (DSTATCOM), Solid State Breaker (SSB) etc which will provide power quality functions at distribution voltages. The rapid response of these devices enables them to operate in real time, providing continuous and dynamic control of t...