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A Novel Mechanism for Harmonic Reduction in Single Source Isolated Buck-Boost Hybrid Multilevel Inverter

Received: 5 August 2019     Accepted: 29 August 2019     Published: 17 September 2019
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Abstract

Traditional Hybrid Multilevel inverter produces (2n+1) levels at output voltage of inverter for n number of sources by a switching mechanism which requires 4n number of switches. However, one underlying problem of single phase multilevel inverter is that it requires isolated sources which render it inappropriate except where isolated energy sources are available. In this paper, firstly, a new technique is proposed for generating multiple isolated Buck-Boost DC sources of variable voltages from a single DC source. Secondly, a new switching algorithm is proposed by which number of output voltage levels can be increased by 80%, 157% and 833% while reducing number of switch count by 0%, 16.66% and 25% keeping voltage stress across the switches unhampered for two, three and four source inverter respectively compared to traditional multilevel inverter. As a result, conspicuous improvement is achieved in terms of harmonic distortion dropping it down to 4% and less than 1% for three and four source inverter respectively even without using output filters or sinusoidal PWM switching signals. A meticulous analysis of the circuit configuration and switching algorithm along with detailed performance analysis is provided throughout the paper.

Published in International Journal of Sensors and Sensor Networks (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijssn.20190702.13
Page(s) 28-33
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Keywords

Hybrid Multilevel Inverter, Simulated Annealing, THD, Fuzzy Logic, Harmonics Reduction

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    Md Saleh Ebn Sharif, S. M. Rafiul Islam, Md Monower Zahid Khan, Md Eliasinul Islam, Mohammad Shakil Khan. A Novel Mechanism for Harmonic Reduction in Single Source Isolated Buck-Boost Hybrid Multilevel Inverter. Int J Sens Sens Netw. 2019;7(2):28-33. doi: 10.11648/j.ijssn.20190702.13

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  • Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh

  • Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

  • Department of Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering, Military Institute of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Institute of Energy, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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