TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii

LIST OF TABLES xvi

LIST OF FIGURES xviii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Organisation of Thesis 2

2. INVERTERS 3

2.1 Multilevel Concept 4

2.2 Multilevel Inverters 4

2.3 Advantages of Multilevel Voltages 5

2.4 Applications of Multilevel Inverter 6

3. EXISTING MULTILEVEL INVERTERS 7

3.1 Diode Braced Multilevel Converter 8

3.1.1 Advantages 10

3.1.2 Disadvantages 10

3.2 Moving Capacitor Multilevel Converter 11

3.2.1 Advantages 13

3.2.2 Disadvantages 13

3.3 Fell H-Scaffold Multilevel Converter 14

3.2.1 Advantages 16

3.2.2 Disadvantages 16

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4. PULSE WIDTH MODULATION 18

4.1 Individual Pulse Width Modulation 18

4.2 Diverse Pulse Width Modulation 19

4.3 Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation 19

4.3.1 Single Phase SPWM 20

4.3.2 Three Phase SPWM 21

4.3.3 Modulation Index and SPWM

Saturation 21

4.4 Applications of PWM 22

4.5 Advantages of PWM 22

5. MODULATION TECHNIQUES 24

5.1 Multicarrier Pulse Width Modulation

Techniques 24

5.1.1 Phase Shifted Multicarrier

Modulation 25

5.1.2 Level Shifted Multicarrier

Modulation 26

6. SUGGESTED CONFIGURATION AND ITS PROCESS 32

6.1 Adjustment Plans 37

6.1.1 In-Segment inclination,

sort level move PWM strategy 38

6.1.2 Against Segment inclination,

sort level move PWM strategy 38

6.1.3. Bearer Cover PWM strategy 39

6.1.4Variable Frequency PWM strategy 40

6.2 Yield in the wake of Utilization

an LC Channel 40

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7. MAT LAB/SIMULINK-AN OVERVIEW 41

8. SIMULATION RESULTS 42

CONCLUSION 59

REFERENCES 60

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Fig No Figure Name Page No

3.1 Classification of existing Inverters 7

3.2 Single Phase Diode Braced Converter 9

3.3 Single Phase Moving Capacitor Converter 12

3.4 Five level Fell H-Scaffold Converter 15

4.1 Individual Pulse Width Modulation 18

4.2 Diverse Pulse Width Modulation 19

4.3 Single Phase SPWM 20

4.4 Three Phase SPWM 21

4.5 Modulation Index and SPWM Saturation 22

5.1 Details of PWM techniques 23

5.2 Stages moved PWM for 5-level Fell H-Scaffold Multilevel

Converter 25

5.3 Triggering pulses for Fell H-Scaffold multilevel

Converter 26

5.4 Mean PWM for 5- level Fell H-Scaffold multilevel

Converter 27

5.5 Triggering pulses for Fell H-Scaffold Converter

Using Mean PWM 28

5.6 Stage Resistance Way Pulse Width Modulation for 5- level

Fell H-Scaffold Converter 29

5.7 Triggering pulses for Fell H-Scaffold Converter using Stage

Resistance Way PWM 29

5.8 Exchange Stage Constraint Quality using PWM for 5- level

Fell H-Scaffold Converter 30

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 5.9 Triggering pulses for Fell H-Scaffold Converter using Exchange
Stage Constraint Quality PWM 31

6.1 Suggested Design for 13-phase converter operation 32

6.2 States corresponding to each Output voltage level 33

6.3 Allusion Sin wave and Bearer waves for

In -Segment inclination, PWM strategy 38

6.4 Allusion Sin wave and Bearer waves for Against-Segment

inclination, sort level PWM strategy 39

6.5 Allusion Sin wave and Bearer waves for Bearer Cover PWM
strategy 39

6.6 Allusion Sin wave and Bearer waves for Variable Frequency PWM
strategy 40

8.1 Circuit diagram of three phase 11-level invereter 43

8.2 Sine Wave Parameters Block 44

8.3 Subsystem of three phase 11-level invereter 45

8.4 Circuit diagram of three phase 11-level invereter

using LC filter 46

8.5 Output Voltage wave and FFT investigation for In-Segment

Inclination, sort level PWM strategy 47

8.6 Output Voltage wave and FFT investigation for Against Segment

Inclination, sort level PWM strategy 48

8.7 Output Voltage wave and FFT investigation for Bearer
Cover PWM strategy 49

8.8 Output Voltage wave and FFT investigation for Variable

Frequency PWM strategy 50

8.9 Output Voltage wave and FFT investigation

for Yield in the wake of Utilization an LC Channel 51

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8.10 Circuit diagram of three phase 13-level invereter 52

8.11 Subsystem of three phase 13-level invereter 53

8.12 Circuit diagram of three phase 13-level

invereter using LC filter 54

8.13 FFT Investigation of consonant range for In-Segment

Inclination, sort level PWM strategy 55

8.14 FFT Investigation of consonant range for Against-Segment

Inclination, sort level PWM strategy 55

8.15 FFT Investigation of consonant range

for Bearer Cover PWM strategy 56

8.16 FFT Investigation of consonant

range for Variable Frequency PWM strategy 56

8.17 FFT Investigation of consonant range for Variable Frequency

PWM strategy with the arrangement LC channel 57

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 LIST OF TABLES
SL. No Table Name Page No
3.1 Switching pattern for Diode Braced Multilevel Converter 9

3.2 Switching pattern for Moving

capacitor multilevel inverter 12

3.3 Switching pattern for Fell

H-Scaffold Multilevel Converter 15
3.4 Correlation among three sorts of existing
converters in light of the prerequisite of energy segments 16

6.1 Switching states for 13-level inverter 36

8.1 RMS and THD of output voltage

for 11-level topology for different PWM techniques 57

8.2 Peak value and THD of output voltage for 13-level

topology for different PWM techniques 58

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