Multilevel converter technology has emerged as a very important alternative in the area of high-power medium voltage energy control. The voltage source inverters produce a voltage or a current with levels either 0 or ±V dc they are known as two level inverters. To obtain a quality output voltage or a current waveform with a minimum amount of ripple content, they require high switching frequency...

1.1 HARMONICS IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 1 1.2 CONVENTIONAL TWO-LEVEL AND THREE-LEVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER ............................... 2 1.3 MULTILEVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER..................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Diode-Clamped Multilevel Inverter...

Abetmct A concept of optimal surplus harmonies distribution in selective harmonic elimination PWM teehnique for multilevel inverters is introduced in this paper. There m e several performance indexes that fan he optimized in PWM inverters, e.g., distortion factor, current or voltage total harmonic distortion, or efficiency. Minimisation of magnetic noise is selected as an example here. Several ...

Multilevel Inverters has big placement advantages in Power Electronics and its application can be mentioned to FACTS tools such as UPFC – D-STATCOM. Therefore, nowadays Multilevel Inverters have created vast field’s research and researchers are trying to present appropriate structures with fewer keys and greater advantages. The main advantages of Multilevel Inverters mentioned are low-key volta...

Generally, electrics devices need alternating current. But PV generators provide direct current. So, it is necessary to use inverters. Multilevel inverters seem very suitable for this task. In this paper, we present a comparative study between three multilevel inverters: 3 levels, 5 levels and 15 levels. These inverters have the same topology and are controlled by the same law: Sinusoidal Pulse...

Multilevel voltage source inverters have several advantages compare to traditional voltage source inverter. These inverters reduce cost, get better voltage waveform and decrease Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) by increasing the levels of output voltage. In this paper Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) methods are used to find the switching angles for achieving to the m...

Multilevel inverters have an attracted a great deal of attenuation in medium voltage and high power application. Due to their lower switching losses, EMI, high efficiency. Among the several multilevel inverters topology it is more attractive due to the simplicity of control. This paper proposes to CHMLI output voltage level is increase to reduced total harmonic Distortion. Hence the paper mainl...

The need for high power apparatus in industry has increased in recent years. Multilevel inverters have developed as easy alternatives for such power requirements. Multilevel inverters consist of a group of semiconductor switches and a set of voltage source components like capacitors or independent sources. The basic concept of these inverters depends on using this series of switches and sources...

First of all, in this paper, the topology and operation of the three-phase three-level Z-source inverter based on neutral-point-clamped (Z-NPC) are studied. Moreover, different combinations of permissible switching states and control signals are explained for this inverter. In this paper, the topology of the three-phase three-level Z-NPC inverter is extended for an n-level state. Also, a combin...

In this study, two types of multilevel convertors, cascaded multilevel inverter with separate DC sources and diode clamped multilevel inverter with common DC source are modeled and compared in the case of feeding of an induction motor. Here, SHEPWM technique is used as the switching strategy. Also a new variable torque feedback control on modulation index is presented, to preserve the induction...