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Operation of a UXE-Type 11-Level Inverter with Voltage-Balance Modulation Using NLC and ACO-Based SHE

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  • Mohammad Ali

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202001, India)

  • Mohd Tariq

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202001, India)

  • Chang-Hua Lin

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City 10607, Taiwan)

  • Ripon K. Chakrobortty

    (Capability Systems Centre, School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2612, Australia)

  • Basem Alamri

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia)

  • Ahmad Alahmadi

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia)

  • Michael J. Ryan

    (Capability Systems Centre, School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2612, Australia)

Abstract

In this article, the UXE-Type inverter is considered for eleven-level operation. This topology exhibits a boosting capability along with reduced switches and one source. An algorithm that utilizes the redundant states to control the voltage-balance of the auxiliary direct current (DC)-link is presented. The proposed control algorithm is capable of maintaining the voltages of each capacitor at V d c / 4 resulting in a successful multilevel operation for all values of load. The inverter is also compared with 11-level inverters. The modulation of the inverter is performed by employing nearest level control and ant colony optimization based selective harmonic elimination. The maximum inverter efficiency is 98.1% and its performance is validated on an hardware-in-the-loop platform.

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  • Mohammad Ali & Mohd Tariq & Chang-Hua Lin & Ripon K. Chakrobortty & Basem Alamri & Ahmad Alahmadi & Michael J. Ryan, 2021. "Operation of a UXE-Type 11-Level Inverter with Voltage-Balance Modulation Using NLC and ACO-Based SHE," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-19, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:16:p:9035-:d:613170
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