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A New Hybrid Multilevel Inverter Topology with Reduced Switch Count and dc Voltage Sources

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  • Hussain Mohammad Bassi

    (Department of Electrical Engineering at Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 25732, Saudi Arabia)

  • Zainal Salam

    (Centre of Electrical Energy Systems, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia)

Abstract

In this paper, a new single-phase hybrid multilevel inverter (MLI) is proposed. Compared to other existing MLI topologies, the proposed circuit is capable of producing a higher number of output voltage levels using fewer power switches and dc sources. The levels are synthesized by switching the dc voltage sources in series/parallel combinations. An auxiliary circuit is introduced to double the number of levels by creating an intermediate step in between two levels. In addition, a zero level is introduced to overcome the inherent absence of this level in the original circuit. To improve the total harmonic distortion, a hybrid modulation technique is utilized. The operation and performance of the circuit are analyzed and confirmed using MATLAB/Simulink simulation. To validate the workability of the proposed idea, a 300 W, a thirteen level MLI (including the zero level) is designed and constructed. The circuit is tested with a no-load, resistive load and resistive-inductive load. The experimental results match very closely with the simulation and mathematical analysis.

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  • Hussain Mohammad Bassi & Zainal Salam, 2019. "A New Hybrid Multilevel Inverter Topology with Reduced Switch Count and dc Voltage Sources," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:6:p:977-:d:213557
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