Hybrid Seven-Level Cascaded Active Neutral-Point-Clamped-Based Multilevel Converter Under SHE-PWM

Autor: Georgios Konstantinou, Sridhar R. Pulikanti, Vassilios G. Agelidis
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 60:4794-4804
ISSN: 1557-9948
0278-0046
Popis: This paper presents the hybrid seven-level cascaded active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC)-based multilevel converter. The converter topology is the cascaded connection of a three-level ANPC converter and an H-bridge per phase. The voltage of the H-bridge is actively maintained to the required level through selection of the switching states of the converter. The topology is operated under selective harmonic elimination pulsewidth modulation (SHE-PWM), maintaining the switching frequency of the converter to a minimum. The operating principles, voltage balancing methods, and limitations of the converter are analyzed together with extensive simulation results of the topology. Experimental results from a low-power laboratory prototype are presented that verify the operation of the hybrid converter under SHE-PWM.
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