scholarly journals An Innovative Dual-Boost Nine-Level Inverter with Low-Voltage Rating Switches

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meysam Saeedian ◽  
Edris Pouresmaeil ◽  
Emad Samadaei ◽  
Eduardo Manuel Godinho Rodrigues ◽  
Radu Godina ◽  
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This article presents an innovative switched-capacitor based nine-level inverter employing single DC input for renewable and sustainable energy applications. The proposed configuration generates a step-up bipolar output voltage without end-side H-bridge, and the employed capacitors are charged in a self-balancing form. Applying low-voltage rated switches is another merit of the proposed inverter, which leads to extensive reduction in total standing voltage. Thereby, switching losses as well as inverter cost are reduced proportionally. Furthermore, the comparative analysis against other state-of-the-art inverters depicts that the number of required power electronic devices and implementation cost is reduced in the proposed structure. The working principle of the proposed circuit along with its efficiency calculations and thermal modeling are elaborated in detail. In the end, simulations and experimental tests are conducted to validate the flawless performance of the proposed nine-level topology in power systems.

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1717
Author(s):  
Camilo Andrés Ordóñez ◽  
Antonio Gómez-Expósito ◽  
José María Maza-Ortega

This paper reviews the basics of series compensation in transmission systems through a literature survey. The benefits that this technology brings to enhance the steady state and dynamic operation of power systems are analyzed. The review outlines the evolution of the series compensation technologies, from mechanically operated switches to line- and self-commutated power electronic devices, covering control issues, different applications, practical realizations, and case studies. Finally, the paper closes with the major challenges that this technology will face in the near future to achieve a fully decarbonized power system.


2013 ◽  
Vol 347-350 ◽  
pp. 392-395
Author(s):  
Song Li

With the development of high voltage technology ,the inverter power is becoming higher and higher . The traditional two-level inverter capacity has been difficult to achieve high power requirements due to the limitation of the power electronic devices. Therefore, different new kinds of multilevel inverter topologies with high-performance are proposed by the scientist all over the world. This paper introduces the topology structure, characteristics and working principle of threelevel inverter, and makes a detailed description of space vector pulse width modulation principle. Finally, the simulation waveforms are presented with Matlab/Simulink, the results verifies the validity of the theoretical analysis.


2012 ◽  
Vol 717-720 ◽  
pp. 1307-1310
Author(s):  
Krishna Shenai ◽  
Krushal Shah

Simple, physics-based, and accurate circuit models are reported for GaN power HEMTs and inductors; these models are then used to design high-performance chip-scale synchronous buck (SB) power converters to provide agile point-of-load (POL) low-voltage ( down to 1V) high-current (up to 10A) power to portable mobile devices from a battery. Excellent agreement between the measured and simulated results is demonstrated for load regulation for a 19V/1.2V, 800 kHz SB converter; for comparison, the same converter performance using the best commercially available state-of-the-art silicon power MOSFETs is also evaluated. It is shown that the conventional approach used for estimating power loss of a SB power converter is in error; a new application-specific Figure of Merit (FOM) for power switches is proposed that accounts for both input and output switching losses.


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