Abstract This paper presents a comparison between PV system using Z source inverters and Quazi Z source inverters. The Z-source inverter employs a unique LC network to couple the inverter power circuit to the diode front end and can be shoot through to boost the DC link voltage. By controlling the shoot-through duty cycle, the PV array output voltage is controlled and the maximum power point tr...

A novel Z-source three-level inverter based on coupled inductors is proposed. The two inductors in traditional Z-source impedance network are replaced by two coupled inductors. The operating principle is described and the equations of boost factor and voltage stresses are deduced. Comparisons are made with other Z-source three-level inverters, especially the multicell switched inductor Z-source...

This technical report presents the design of a Z-source inverter for an electric bike controller. The objective of this work is to evaluate the potential of using this non-standard inverter topology for a medium power (250W 3kW) motor drive application. The Z-source inverter is able to use the shoot-through state to boost the dc bus voltage, which enables a permanent magnet motor to achieve a h...

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the Z-source inverter with two different control techniques namely the simple boost control and the maximum constant boost control with third harmonic injection. The Z-source inverter has the capability to buck-boost the input voltage without any intermediate boost conversion stage. It utilizes the shoot-through states effectively to boost the input...

The impedance networks increment the input DC voltage of the voltage source inverters. Their advantage is lack of the additional switches – they use only inverter bridge switches. However they cause some side effects in the inverter operation. Up today the tips how to design Z-Source impedance network keeping it in the Current Continuous Mode are rare in the literature. The paper present proble...

In this paper, the operation principle of the Z-source inverter is analysed in detail. According to the characteristics of allowed short–shrougt zero state in the Z-source inverter, SPWM control method of the Zsource inverter is obtained by inserting fixed short–shrougt zero state into zero state of SPWM. It is simple and easily implemented in practice. However, in inductive load condition the ...

This paper presents a three level NPC LCswitched voltage source inverter. Conventional multilevel voltage source inverter behaves like voltage step down converter. Recently multilevel buck-boost Z-source inverter (ZSI) has been developed for better efficiency and power quality in renewable energy system. The impedance network of the Z-source inverter requires equal inductors and equal capacitor...

This paper presents a modified nine switch inverter with two inputs and two Z-source networks. This inverter has two DC inputs and two AC outputs. Input DC voltages can be boosted to the required level. Amplitude, frequency and phase of AC output voltages can be controlled, independently. The proposed converter can be used in applications with two unregulated DC sources, which require feeding ...

Received Feb 14, 2017 Revised Apr 14, 2017 Accepted Apr 28, 2017 This paper proposes maximum boost control for 7-level z-source cascaded h-bridge inverter and their affiliation between voltage boost gain and modulation index. Z-source network avoids the usage of external dc-dc boost converter and improves output voltage with minimised harmonic content. Z-source network utilises distinctive LC i...