Operation of a UXE-Type 11-Level Inverter with Voltage-Balance Modulation Using NLC and ACO-Based SHE

Mohammad Ali, Mohd Tariq, Chang-Hua Lin, Ripon K. Chakrobortty, Basem Alamri, Ahmad Alahmadi and Michael J. Ryan
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Mohammad Ali: Department of Electrical Engineering, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202001, India
Mohd Tariq: Department of Electrical Engineering, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202001, India
Chang-Hua Lin: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City 10607, Taiwan
Ripon K. Chakrobortty: Capability Systems Centre, School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2612, Australia
Basem Alamri: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Alahmadi: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Michael J. Ryan: Capability Systems Centre, School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2612, Australia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: In this article, the UXE-Type inverter is considered for eleven-level operation. This topology exhibits a boosting capability along with reduced switches and one source. An algorithm that utilizes the redundant states to control the voltage-balance of the auxiliary direct current (DC)-link is presented. The proposed control algorithm is capable of maintaining the voltages of each capacitor at V d c / 4 resulting in a successful multilevel operation for all values of load. The inverter is also compared with 11-level inverters. The modulation of the inverter is performed by employing nearest level control and ant colony optimization based selective harmonic elimination. The maximum inverter efficiency is 98.1% and its performance is validated on an hardware-in-the-loop platform.

Keywords: UXE-type inverter; multilevel inverter; boosted operation; modified nearest level control; ant colony optimization; selective harmonic elimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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