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NEW CASCADED H-BRIDGE MULTILEVEL INVERTER WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY

Abstract

There are many limitations in extracting power from renewable energy resources. To minimize the power demand and scarcity we have to improve the power extracting methods. Multilevel inverter is used to extract power from solar cells. It synthesizes the desired ac output waveform from several dc sources. This paper focuses on improving the efficiency of the multilevel inverter and quality of output voltage waveform. Seven level reduced switches topology has been implemented with only seven switches. Fundamental Switching scheme and Selective Harmonics Elimination were implemented to reduce the Total Harmonics Distortion (THD) value. Selective Harmonics Elimination Stepped Waveform (SHESW) method is implemented to eliminate the lower order harmonics. Fundamental switching scheme is used to control the power electronics switches in the inverter. The proposed topology is suitable for any number of levels. The harmonic reduction is achieved by selecting appropriate switching angles. It shows hope to reduce initial cost and complexity hence it is apt for industrial applications. In this paper third and fifth level harmonics have been eliminated. Simulation work is done using the MATLAB software and experimental results have been presented to validate the theory.

Gobinath.K, Mahendran.S, Gnanambal.I

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