Improved PWM Approach for Cascaded Five-Level NPC H-Bridge Configurations in Multilevel Inverter

Improved PWM Approach for Cascaded Five-Level NPC H-Bridge Configurations in Multilevel Inverter

2024 | Phani Kumar Chamarthi, Member, IEEE, Utkal Ranjan Muduli, Senior Member, IEEE, Mohamed Shawky El Moursi, Fellow, IEEE, Ahmed Al-Durra, Senior Member, IEEE, Ameena Saad Al-Sumaiti, Senior Member, IEEE, and Khalifa Al Hosani, Senior Member, IEEE
This paper introduces two innovative pulse width modulation (PWM) approaches, Enhanced Level Shifted PWM (ELS-PWM) and Enhanced Phase Shifted PWM (EPS-PWM), for cascaded five-level neutral point clamped (NPC) H-Bridge Configurations (FLNPCHC) in multilevel inverters (MLI). These methods aim to improve power quality, balance power distribution, and ensure uniform power allocation across the inverter legs. The proposed PWM techniques leverage modified modulating waves and restructured triangular waves to achieve identical switch utilization rates, reduced switching times, lower junction temperatures, and enhanced overall efficiency. MATLAB simulations and a 1 kVA laboratory prototype validate the effectiveness of these methods, demonstrating significant improvements in total harmonic distortion (reduced to approximately 2.3%) and efficiency (increased to approximately 97.8%). The research contributes to the advancement of power electronics systems, particularly in high-voltage applications, by addressing challenges such as unequal power losses and junction temperatures.This paper introduces two innovative pulse width modulation (PWM) approaches, Enhanced Level Shifted PWM (ELS-PWM) and Enhanced Phase Shifted PWM (EPS-PWM), for cascaded five-level neutral point clamped (NPC) H-Bridge Configurations (FLNPCHC) in multilevel inverters (MLI). These methods aim to improve power quality, balance power distribution, and ensure uniform power allocation across the inverter legs. The proposed PWM techniques leverage modified modulating waves and restructured triangular waves to achieve identical switch utilization rates, reduced switching times, lower junction temperatures, and enhanced overall efficiency. MATLAB simulations and a 1 kVA laboratory prototype validate the effectiveness of these methods, demonstrating significant improvements in total harmonic distortion (reduced to approximately 2.3%) and efficiency (increased to approximately 97.8%). The research contributes to the advancement of power electronics systems, particularly in high-voltage applications, by addressing challenges such as unequal power losses and junction temperatures.
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