Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation

Multilevel inverters have been widely used in various industrial applications such as renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. An improved circuit of symmetrical cascaded switched-capacitor multilevel inverter is proposed so that the reactive power is absorbed by its power supply instead o...

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Auteurs principaux: Lingling Cao, Jiefeng Lin, Shikai Chen, Yuanmao Ye
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9982e908902d41ae9210ac7b3d2e9f122021-11-25T17:27:29ZSymmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation10.3390/en142276431996-1073https://doaj.org/article/9982e908902d41ae9210ac7b3d2e9f122021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/22/7643https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073Multilevel inverters have been widely used in various industrial applications such as renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. An improved circuit of symmetrical cascaded switched-capacitor multilevel inverter is proposed so that the reactive power is absorbed by its power supply instead of capacitors. Then, a special hybrid pulse width modulation strategy combing level-shifted pulse width modulation (LS-PWM) and phase-shifted pulse width modulation (PS-PWM) was developed for the inverter. With this modulation algorithm, the power between cascaded units is automatically balanced, and the voltage of the capacitor in each unit is also automatically balanced to the dc input voltage. In addition, the optimized capacitor voltage ripple makes it possible to use a smaller capacitor to produce a better output voltage waveform. Theoretical analysis, simulation and experimental results show that the equivalent switching frequency of the cascaded multilevel inverter is twice the original frequency so that the output voltage harmonics are only distributed near even multiples of the carrier frequency.Lingling CaoJiefeng LinShikai ChenYuanmao YeMDPI AGarticlecascaded multilevel inverterswitched-capacitorPWM modulationreactive powerTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7643, p 7643 (2021)
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topic cascaded multilevel inverter
switched-capacitor
PWM modulation
reactive power
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spellingShingle cascaded multilevel inverter
switched-capacitor
PWM modulation
reactive power
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Lingling Cao
Jiefeng Lin
Shikai Chen
Yuanmao Ye
Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation
description Multilevel inverters have been widely used in various industrial applications such as renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. An improved circuit of symmetrical cascaded switched-capacitor multilevel inverter is proposed so that the reactive power is absorbed by its power supply instead of capacitors. Then, a special hybrid pulse width modulation strategy combing level-shifted pulse width modulation (LS-PWM) and phase-shifted pulse width modulation (PS-PWM) was developed for the inverter. With this modulation algorithm, the power between cascaded units is automatically balanced, and the voltage of the capacitor in each unit is also automatically balanced to the dc input voltage. In addition, the optimized capacitor voltage ripple makes it possible to use a smaller capacitor to produce a better output voltage waveform. Theoretical analysis, simulation and experimental results show that the equivalent switching frequency of the cascaded multilevel inverter is twice the original frequency so that the output voltage harmonics are only distributed near even multiples of the carrier frequency.
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author Lingling Cao
Jiefeng Lin
Shikai Chen
Yuanmao Ye
author_facet Lingling Cao
Jiefeng Lin
Shikai Chen
Yuanmao Ye
author_sort Lingling Cao
title Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation
title_short Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation
title_full Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation
title_fullStr Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation
title_full_unstemmed Symmetrical Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Based on Hybrid Pulse Width Modulation
title_sort symmetrical cascaded switched-capacitor multilevel inverter based on hybrid pulse width modulation
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/9982e908902d41ae9210ac7b3d2e9f12
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