Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology

Cascaded multilevel inverters are widely used in various fields, from oil and gas, power supply installations, to power quality devices. Various topologies have been presented in literatures regarding the cascaded multilevel inverter. In order to reduce the number of switches, there are several topo...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Ahmad Syukri, Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran, Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah, Othman, Mohammad Lutfi
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Published: IEEE 2017
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author Mohamad, Ahmad Syukri
Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran
Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah
Othman, Mohammad Lutfi
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Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran
Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah
Othman, Mohammad Lutfi
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description Cascaded multilevel inverters are widely used in various fields, from oil and gas, power supply installations, to power quality devices. Various topologies have been presented in literatures regarding the cascaded multilevel inverter. In order to reduce the number of switches, there are several topologies presented based on series dc sources with voltage taps in between. However there are several challenges when constructing a working inverter circuit based on this topology, particularly the switches need to be working similar to an ideal switch to prevent short-circuit condition of the dc sources. This mean a bidirectional configuration need to be adapted for some or all of the switches. In this paper a new improved cascaded multilevel inverter topology with a minimum number of switching devices is discussed. Matlab simulation is used to determine the voltage and current vector quadrants of the switches. The results of the analysis then used to determine whether the switches need to be bidirectional or only undirectional.
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spelling upm-595012018-03-07T06:46:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59501/ Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology Mohamad, Ahmad Syukri Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah Othman, Mohammad Lutfi Cascaded multilevel inverters are widely used in various fields, from oil and gas, power supply installations, to power quality devices. Various topologies have been presented in literatures regarding the cascaded multilevel inverter. In order to reduce the number of switches, there are several topologies presented based on series dc sources with voltage taps in between. However there are several challenges when constructing a working inverter circuit based on this topology, particularly the switches need to be working similar to an ideal switch to prevent short-circuit condition of the dc sources. This mean a bidirectional configuration need to be adapted for some or all of the switches. In this paper a new improved cascaded multilevel inverter topology with a minimum number of switching devices is discussed. Matlab simulation is used to determine the voltage and current vector quadrants of the switches. The results of the analysis then used to determine whether the switches need to be bidirectional or only undirectional. IEEE 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59501/1/Analysis%20of%20switches%20blocking%20voltages%20in%20a%20voltage%20taps%20based%20cascaded%20multilevel%20inverter%20topology.pdf Mohamad, Ahmad Syukri and Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran and Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah and Othman, Mohammad Lutfi (2017) Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology. In: 2017 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), 30-31 Oct. 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (pp. 27-31). 10.1109/CENCON.2017.8262452
spellingShingle Mohamad, Ahmad Syukri
Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran
Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah
Othman, Mohammad Lutfi
Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
title Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
title_full Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
title_fullStr Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
title_short Analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
title_sort analysis of switches blocking voltages in a voltage taps based cascaded multilevel inverter topology
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