Received Aug 27, 2014 Revised Dec 2, 2014 Accepted Dec 25, 2014 In this paper, a new control method for quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter based grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system is proposed. The proposed method is capable of boosting the PV array voltage to a higher level and solves the imbalance problem of DC-link voltage in traditional cascaded H-bridge inverters. The proposed...

This paper presents Simultaneous variation and control of the output voltage and frequency, reduction in the harmonic components in load currents. These inherent features have to be employed in many industrial applications such as variable speed drives, uninterruptible power supplies and other power conversion systems. However, the reduction of the harmonic components in output currents and vol...

Leakage current in a transformerless cascaded H-bridge (CHB) inverter is problem that deteriorates the system performance and causes safety concerns. In this article, common-mode equivalent circuit established for analyzing occurrence of leakage an m-level CHB with either asymmetrical or symmetrical inductance output filter configurations. The analysis provides comparison between traditional ph...

Several works have been reported in the literature on multilevel inverters topologies, control techniques and applications. However, there are few works that actually discuss or evaluate the performance of induction motor drives associated to three-phase multilevel inverter. This paper presents then a comparison study for a cascaded H-bridge multilevel DTC induction motor drive. In this case, s...

This paper presents an investigation of five-Level Cascaded H – bridge (CHB) Inverter as Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) in Power System (PS) for compensation of reactive power and harmonics. The advantages of CHB inverter are low harmonic distortion, reduced number of switches and suppression of switching losses.The DSTATCOM helps to improve the power factor and eliminate the Total ...