A switched-capacitor based multilevel inverter with reduced circuit components and voltage boosting capability

Hu, Yi and Naderi, Roya and Naderi, Yahya (2021) A switched-capacitor based multilevel inverter with reduced circuit components and voltage boosting capability. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 31 (8). e12990. ISSN 2050-7038 (https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12990)

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Abstract

In this paper a novel topology of switched capacitor based multilevel inverters is proposed. In this topology, to increase the output voltage levels and to add the voltage boosting capability, several switched capacitor units are cascaded in series. Having voltage boosting capability and generating maximum number of output voltage levels using minimum number of circuit components, is a merit for this topology. To highlight the attributes of the proposed topology, it is compared with other recently proposed multilevel inverters on number of circuit components such as power electronic switches, diodes and capacitors, voltage boosting capability, total standing voltage, cost and efficiency. The comparison results verify the superiority of the proposed topology over other proposed topologies on number of circuit components, and number of output voltage levels. It is also clear that, this topology has lower voltage stress on power electronic switches, which makes it an appropriate solution for industrial applications. Finally, to show the capabilities of the proposed topology, and to verify the accurate operation of the topology, circuit analysis as well as the experimental results are provided.

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Hu, Yi, Naderi, Roya and Naderi, Yahya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-8117;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:77002
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 August 2021
    Published
    4 July 2021
    Published Online
    24 April 2021
    Accepted
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:06 Jul 2021 15:47
    Last modified:21 Nov 2024 01:20
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/77002
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