Implementation of a Solar based Seven Level Asymmetrical Multilevel Inverter Topology with Reduced Device Count
Abeera Dutt Roy1, ChandrahasanUmayal2
1Abeera Dutt Roy, Research Scholar, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Chennai.
2Chandrahasan Umayal, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Chennai.
Manuscript received on 29 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 July 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 July 2019 | PP: 465-472 | Volume-8 Issue-9, July 2019 | Retrieval Number: H6770068819/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.H6770.078919
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Abstract: A multilevel inverter with half bridge cells and seven switches is implemented for Solar PV based applications. The photovoltaic panels are employed to replace the DC sources and maximum power is ensured by employing a boost converter and Perturb and Observe(P&O) algorithm. The generation of switching pulses is carried by using Nearest Level Control (NLC) technique. The operating principle of the proposed multilevel inverter (MLI) is verified by utilizing different loads and the experimental results are obtained through prototype testing.
Index Terms: Asymmetrical, Cascaded H-Bridge, Half Bridge, Perturb and Observe, Nearest Level Control (NLC)
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