Microcontroller-Based HEPWM Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter System for Renewable Energy Application

2015 ◽  
Vol 793 ◽  
pp. 297-303
Author(s):  
Naziha Ahmad Azli ◽  
Norkharziana Mohd Nayan ◽  
Shahrin Md Ayob ◽  
Ami Nurul Nazifah Abdullah ◽  
Siti Khodijah Mazalan

This paper presents the implementation of a microcontroller-based Harmonic Elimination PWM (HEPWM) switching scheme of a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter (CHMI) for renewable energy system. This technique applies Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique to allow computation of HEPWM switching angles. The detail description on the microcontroller-based implementation is provided in this paper. The performance of CHMI employing the control strategy based-on the simulation and experimental results are shown for comparison purposes.

Author(s):  
Mouna Ben Smida ◽  
Anis Sakly ◽  
Sundarapandian Vaidyanathan ◽  
Ahmad Taher Azar

There has been a great deal of interest in renewable energy sources for electricity generation, particularly for photovoltaic and wind generators. These energy resources have enormous potential and can meet the current global demand for energy. Despite the obvious advantages of renewable energy sources, they have significant disadvantages, such as the discontinuity of their generation, due to their heavy dependence on weather and climate change, which affects their effectiveness in the conversion of renewable energy. Faced with this conflict, it is essential to optimize the performance of renewable systems in order to increase their efficiency. Several unconventional approaches to optimization have been developed in the literature. In this chapter, the management of a hybrid renewable energy system is optimized by intelligent approach based on particle swarm optimization comprising a shaded photovoltaic generator and a wind generator.


2015 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo García-Triviño ◽  
Antonio José Gil-Mena ◽  
Francisco Llorens-Iborra ◽  
Carlos Andrés García-Vázquez ◽  
Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mouna Ben Smida ◽  
Anis Sakly ◽  
Sundarapandian Vaidyanathan ◽  
Ahmad Taher Azar

There has been a great deal of interest in renewable energy sources for electricity generation, particularly for photovoltaic and wind generators. These energy resources have enormous potential and can meet the current global demand for energy. Despite the obvious advantages of renewable energy sources, they have significant disadvantages, such as the discontinuity of their generation, due to their heavy dependence on weather and climate change, which affects their effectiveness in the conversion of renewable energy. Faced with this conflict, it is essential to optimize the performance of renewable systems in order to increase their efficiency. Several unconventional approaches to optimization have been developed in the literature. In this chapter, the management of a hybrid renewable energy system is optimized by intelligent approach based on particle swarm optimization comprising a shaded photovoltaic generator and a wind generator.


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