Demand of cascaded multilevel inverters in industries of electric drives and renewable energy is increasing due to their large-scale capacity and high voltage. The modulation technique of inverters significantly affects the power quality of the inverter output voltage. This paper proposes a new method of carrier wave modulation using the phase shift keying technique for cascaded multilevel inverters. The phase of a constant frequency carrier wave is changed at an accurate time by an input sinusoidal control signal. This modulation technique is simply implemented and only needs a small memory. It also helps reduce the common mode voltage of inverters in order to suppress the output voltage harmonics. Moreover, the ability to reduce switching count also helps the inverters decrease switching loss. The simulated and experienced results on a cascaded 9-level 3-phase inverter and an F28379D DSP kit have validated the performance of the proposed technique compared with that of the APOD and POD methods.
Cascaded multilevel three-phase inverters are increasing in industries of electric drives and renewable energy because of their large capacity and suffering from high voltage shock. However, the high magnitude of common mode voltage is one of the drawbacks. Thus, the techniques of modulation and control in these multilevel inverters significantly affect the power quality of the output voltage of inverters. This paper presents a technique using fuzzy logic technique for grid-connected cascaded multilevel 3-phase inverters. This technique has completely removed the current controllers and the conventional modulation using carriers. It also helps reduce the magnitude of common mode voltage and increase the dynamic response. Moreover, the ability to reduce harmonics and switching count also helps decrease the switching loss of inverter. The simulation results on a grid-connected cascaded 5-level 3-phase inverter have validated the effectiveness of the presented technique compared with that of the conventional method using phase opposition disposition (POD) and PI current controllers.
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