The enhanced power quality provided by multilevel inverters(MLIs)has made them more appropriate for medium-and high-power applications,including photovoltaic systems.Nevertheless,a prevalent limitation involves the ne...The enhanced power quality provided by multilevel inverters(MLIs)has made them more appropriate for medium-and high-power applications,including photovoltaic systems.Nevertheless,a prevalent limitation involves the necessity for numerous switches and increased voltage stress across these switches,consequently increasing the overall system cost.To address these challenges,a new 17-level asymmetrical MLI with fewer components and low voltage stress is proposed for the photovoltaic system.This innovative MLI configuration has four direct current(DC)sources and 10 switches.Based on the trinary sequence,the proposed topology uses photovoltaics with boost converters and fuzzy logic controllers as its DC sources.Mathematical equations are used to calculate cru-cial parameters for this proposed design,including total standing voltage per unit(TSVPU),cost function per level(CF/L),component count per level(CC/L)and voltage stress across the switches.The comparison is conducted by considering switches,DC sources,TSVPU,CF/L,gate driver circuits and CC/L with other existing MLI topologies.The analysis is carried out under various conditions,encompassing different levels of irradiance,variable loads and modulation indices.To reduce the total harmonic distortion of the suggested topology,the phase opposition disposition approach has been incorporated.The suggested framework is simulated in MATLAB®/Simulink®.The results indicate that the proposed topology achieves a well-distributed stress profile across the switches and has CC/L of 1.23,TSVPU of 5 and CF/L of 4.58 and 5.76 with weight coefficients of 0.5 and 1.5,respectively.These values are not-ably superior to those of existing MLI topologies.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed topology maintains a consistent output at varying irradiance levels with FLCs and exhibits robust performance under variable loads and diverse modulation indices.Furthermore,the total harmonic distortion achieved with phase opposition disposition is 7.78%,outperforming alternative pulse width modulation techniques.In summary,it provides enhanced performance.Considering this,it is suitable for the photovoltaic system.展开更多
将Z源网络级联,并采用交替反相电压偏移(alternativephase opposition disposition,APOD)的方法对逆变器进行控制。在matlab/sinmulink下,建立Z源级联三电平逆变器的APOD调制模型,仿真结果显示新型拓扑升压因子有明显提高。为进一步验...将Z源网络级联,并采用交替反相电压偏移(alternativephase opposition disposition,APOD)的方法对逆变器进行控制。在matlab/sinmulink下,建立Z源级联三电平逆变器的APOD调制模型,仿真结果显示新型拓扑升压因子有明显提高。为进一步验证新拓扑的有效性,进行了Z源级联逆变器的试验研究,试验结果证实新拓扑能够提高升压因子,扩大Z源逆变器的电压调节范围。展开更多
文摘The enhanced power quality provided by multilevel inverters(MLIs)has made them more appropriate for medium-and high-power applications,including photovoltaic systems.Nevertheless,a prevalent limitation involves the necessity for numerous switches and increased voltage stress across these switches,consequently increasing the overall system cost.To address these challenges,a new 17-level asymmetrical MLI with fewer components and low voltage stress is proposed for the photovoltaic system.This innovative MLI configuration has four direct current(DC)sources and 10 switches.Based on the trinary sequence,the proposed topology uses photovoltaics with boost converters and fuzzy logic controllers as its DC sources.Mathematical equations are used to calculate cru-cial parameters for this proposed design,including total standing voltage per unit(TSVPU),cost function per level(CF/L),component count per level(CC/L)and voltage stress across the switches.The comparison is conducted by considering switches,DC sources,TSVPU,CF/L,gate driver circuits and CC/L with other existing MLI topologies.The analysis is carried out under various conditions,encompassing different levels of irradiance,variable loads and modulation indices.To reduce the total harmonic distortion of the suggested topology,the phase opposition disposition approach has been incorporated.The suggested framework is simulated in MATLAB®/Simulink®.The results indicate that the proposed topology achieves a well-distributed stress profile across the switches and has CC/L of 1.23,TSVPU of 5 and CF/L of 4.58 and 5.76 with weight coefficients of 0.5 and 1.5,respectively.These values are not-ably superior to those of existing MLI topologies.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed topology maintains a consistent output at varying irradiance levels with FLCs and exhibits robust performance under variable loads and diverse modulation indices.Furthermore,the total harmonic distortion achieved with phase opposition disposition is 7.78%,outperforming alternative pulse width modulation techniques.In summary,it provides enhanced performance.Considering this,it is suitable for the photovoltaic system.
文摘将Z源网络级联,并采用交替反相电压偏移(alternativephase opposition disposition,APOD)的方法对逆变器进行控制。在matlab/sinmulink下,建立Z源级联三电平逆变器的APOD调制模型,仿真结果显示新型拓扑升压因子有明显提高。为进一步验证新拓扑的有效性,进行了Z源级联逆变器的试验研究,试验结果证实新拓扑能够提高升压因子,扩大Z源逆变器的电压调节范围。
