Photo energy conversion using synchronous sequential circuit based diode clamp multilevel inverter

• Main Authors: Kannan, R., Angamuthu, R., Ahmed, K.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011961737&doi=10.1109%2fICIAS.2016.7824068&partnerID=40&md5=2f6f69f350192669a759b1f11d993b8d; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20227/

The multilevel inverter technology introduced for medium and high voltage, high power applications. This paper is proposed to control the diode clamp multilevel inverter by using a synchronous sequential circuit for photo energy conversion. The performance of the multilevel inverter has been improved in-terms of minimum output harmonics distortion, simpler structure, effortless fault identification, cost-effectiveness and low power consumption. This new control strategy has maintained the balanced voltages on the dc link capacitors. PV based five-level diode clamped multilevel inverter has been validated with single induction motor drive through MATLAB/Simulink simulation and tested experimentally through the prototype model. © 2016 IEEE.