Vehicle to Grid technology allows the batteries of electric vehicles to operate as energy storage elements for renewable energy power systems. The Z-Source inverter is a new and attractive topology for the power electronics interface. In this paper, the equivalent DC-link voltage ripple of a single-phase Z-Source inverter for Vehicle to Grid applications is analyzed in this paper before derivin...

The Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) three-level inverter with Z-source network is a relatively recent converter topology that exhibits both voltage-buck and voltage-boost capability. This concept can be applied to all acto-ac, dc-to-dc, ac-to-dc, and dc-to-ac power conversion whether two-level or multilevel. However, multilevel inverters offer many benefits for higher power applications. Existing p...

To eliminate the common-mode leakage current in the transformerless photovoltaic system, an improved high efficiency inverter H6 type configuration with Z-source is presented. The Z-source network can perform boost as well as sustained shoot through operation. Also, the improved transformer less inverter can sustain the same low input voltage as the full-bridge inverter and guarantee to complet...

The Transformer based Z-Source inverter is an enhanced series inductance Z-Source impedance network. This proposed inverter is used to combine the main circuit and the power source. This configuration delivers a strong boost capacity to overcome the barriers of the series inductance Z-source inverter. Further, with the usage of low voltage capacitors and the transformer, the capacitor voltage s...

This paper presents the analysis for different control techniques in Z-source inverters. The voltage gain versus modulation index from simulation result is compared with the mathematical calculated voltage gain. Further detailed analysis of %THD, %harmonics of output voltage at different modulation indexes for different boosting techniques of a Z-source inverter are also performed with respect ...

This paper explores Switched Inductor (SL) Quasi Z-source Inverter which has high boost factor and performance when compared to other Z-Source inverters along with three control methods: simple boost, maximum boost and maximum constant boost. The proposed inverter improves the input current, reduces the passive count and also the reliability. The simulations are done in MATLAB/Simulink environm...

This paper presents a Z-source inverter which has been proposed as an alternative power conversion concept for adjustable speed AC drives. It is having both voltages buck and boost capabilities as they allow inverters to be operated in the shoot through state. It utilizes an exclusive Z-source network (LC component) to DC-link in between main inverter circuit and the DC source (rectifier). By c...

This paper presents an alternative power conversion topology that can buck or boost the input voltage/current with linear and non-linear load depending upon duty ratio and modulation index in a single stage conversion with the help of Impedance source passive Network (L and C), which is usually known as Z-Source. The buck and boost capabilities of inverters are operated in the shoot through sta...

This paper proposes the Modified Switched Inductor Quasi Z Source Inverter (MSL-QZSI) for extracting maximum solar power generation. The Z source inverter uses LC impedance network to couple the main converter circuit to the power source, which provides the boosting of input voltage. It is not possible in traditional voltage-source inverter (VSI) and current-source inverter (CSI). The proposed ...