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Implementation of Multilevel inverter based
Dynamic voltage restorer
Mr.Vishal V. Ghatge
Electrical, Electronics and Power Engineering
MGM’s JNEC Aurangabad, India.
Abstract— Power quality is one of the major area of concern
in recent forty years both in transmission and distribution
system. The major fault occur in the system are voltage sag,
voltage swell, harmonics, voltage fluctuation etc. There is
various custom power devices are used to compensate such
problems. In this paper we have discussed on the Multi-level
inverter based DVR which is used to protect the sensitive
equipment such as computer, printer from line fault such as
voltage sag. The implementation of the DVR in the
distribution system is based on the multilevel inverter
topology against voltage sag. The system is used for the
distribution system for single phase 230V supply. This paper
represent, the Simulink modal of multi level inverter based
DVR system which can compensate the voltage sag. All
result are shown in the MATLAB software and Result
shown that, the multilevel inverter can compensate voltage
sag problem more effectively & improve voltage quality.
Keywords-Power Quality,Multilevel inverter[MLI],Voltage
sag, DVR,Simulation model, Matlab Simulation.
I. INTRODUCTION
The common characteristics in most of the
electronics apparatus is they are very sensitive to the
voltage variation. Now-a-days the use of power
electronics devices, computer, printer etc. can create
power quality issue. Among those power quality issue the
most of them is related to the voltage such as voltage sag,
voltage swell etc. As there are many custom power
devices has been used to compensate such problems.
Dynamic voltage restorer is one of the device that can be
capable of generating and absorbing active and reactive
power in distribution system against the voltage
sag[1].For that dc-dc converter is used, by adjusting the
dc-dc input voltage according to range of voltage sag. So
the control technique is effective & simple.
Voltage sag are the frequent problem in distribution
system. So for that FACT devices such as static series
compensator can be used [2]. These device inject the
missing voltage in the distribution system.
In recent year, cascade multilevel inverter has
gained attention because of its advantages in high voltage
& also it has low harmonic distortion. The number of
stages has been used in case of multilevel inverter. The
output waveform is in staircase form, that can be 3-level,
5-level [3].
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Prof.Anjali V. Naik
Electrical, Electronics and Power Engineering
MGM’s JNEC Aurangabad, India.
There are the different topologies are used in
multilevel inverter such as diode clamp, flying capacitor,
cascade multilevel inverter. The diode clamp method split
dc bus in required levels & bulk capacitor connected in
series. Flying capacitor topology is more flexible but
controlling method is more complex for high power lines.
Cascade inverter used the separate dc source so that
higher number of voltage levels can produce [3].
For operation of DVR in the different fault
condition, the simulink modal is made of 5-level
multilevel inverter based DVR, where the POD control
techniques are used & Diode clamp topology has been
implemented [4].
The cascade H-bridge based inter-line dynamic
voltage restorer show that its performance is based on the
load power factor, While DVR is connected in series with
the distribution feeder. The two cascade H- bridge
inverter injects voltage with low distortion [5].The results
are observe in PSCAD software.
There are different compensation techniques are
used for injection of voltage in case of DVR such as pre
sag, in phase, phase advance compensation. The voltage
magnitude is consider for injection of the voltage in the
system [6].
Simulation modal has been done for the closed
loop and open loop system, where the PQ theory has been
used to generate reference voltage [7]. Z source converter
has been implemented for the various power conversions
for that impedance circuit presented [8]. The simulink is
done to show its effectiveness.
Dynamic voltage restorer is one of the device
that can be capable of generating and absorbing active and
reactive power in distribution system against the voltage
sag. From using Multi-level inverter, the output voltage
waveform obtained is in staircase waveform but at the
same time increased in voltage levels can create circuit
complexity. Multilevel inverter based DVR provide the
compensation of the voltage sag with less voltage stress.
So due to that harmonic profile of the system gets
improved.
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II. DVR & MULTILEVEL INVERTER 2) Multi-level inverter using flying capacitor:

i) DYNAMIC VOLTAGE RESTORER:
The power quality issue like voltage sag, voltage swell,
Harmonics was more intense disturbances. To avoid such
disturbances the various custom power devices are used.
DVR is one of the devices used to compensate the voltage
sag. It is device that is connected between the source and
load at point of common coupling, to regulate load side
voltage.
The building block of capacitor clamp circuit is known as
the flying capacitor multilevel inverter. By applying the
suitable combination of capacitor the balancing of
capacitor is possible. For this method the number of bulky
capacitor clamp are required.
3) Diode clamp multilevel inverter:
This type of inverter uses the diode to produce the
different voltage levels. It is having disadvantage of the
real power flow control is difficult to do also for higher
number of voltage levels diode clamp required in large
number.

III. SIMULATION MODEL

Fig.1. Block diagram of DVR
The basic DVR consist of the parts such as battery
charging circuit which charges the source of energy after
sag compensation. Voltage source converter can provide
sinusoidal voltage by using power electronic switches.
Filter provided the voltage to voltage source converter
with acceptable level. Transformer is used basically
injection type which inject the compensating voltage in
the system.
Simulation model of multilevel inverter is shown, which
includes the multilevel inverter in which two MOSFET
bridge circuit are cascade two each other. Each one of the
MOSFET circuit consist of the four MOSFET switches.
In first bridge they are denoted as the S1, S2, S3, S4.In
second bridge they label as T1, T2, T3, T4.Three
unknown variables are given to the embedded function
they are u, V cap, I load. Each switches given the
variables to stored gate signals. In which, 0 is for OFF &1
for ON. According to this manner the switching pattern
are given to MOSFET Bridge.

ii) MULTI LEVEL INVERTER TOPOLOGY:

Multi-level inverter basically used of number of

electronics switches such as MOSFET, GTO etc.
Sometimes capacitor, flying clamp diode can be used to
obtain higher number of stepped waveform. By
introducing the concept of Multi-level inverter the output
voltage stress become reduce also harmonic profile
improved.

Following are the types of multilevel inverter:

1) Cascade multilevel inverter

2) Multilevel inverter using flying capacitor Fig.2.Simulink model of Subsystem MLI
3) Diode clamp multilevel inverter

1) Cascade multilevel inverter:

Cascade multilevel topology often used in high voltage

system. It is always have separate dc source, so it is
efficient because it does not require any capacitor or diode
clamp. In this method the soft switching could be used to
avoid bulkiness and losses due to capacitor diode
switching snubber circuit. Fig.3. MLI based DVR

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The model shown is for 230V, 50 Hz supply. When the
voltage sag is detected in the system, then multi-level
inverter provide the voltage during sag period which is
around 0.4 second to 0.8 second. The DVR suddenly
operate to compensate load voltage. We can observe this
waveform in scope connected on the load side.
IV.SIMULATION RESULT
Fig.4.Voltage sag in the system
Fig.4. shows voltage sag in the system. The duration of
the voltage sag is around 0.4 second to 0.8 second. In this
period DVR operate in friction of second to compensate
the sag.
Fig.5. Cascade MLI Output
Fig.5. shows the output of the cascade of two MOSFET
bridge circuit. The obtain output waveform is Seven level
which can provide quality voltage then other inverter.
Fig.6. compensated voltage by DVR
Fig.6. shows the compensated voltage by DVR in the load
voltage and load current. The DVR is used for the 230V,
50 Hz supply, when the line fault occur in the system then
MLI based DVR inject the voltage in the system to
compensate the voltage sag.
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V.CONCLUSION
In this paper we can improve the power quality by
the help of multilevel inverter based DVR.
Multilevel Inverter emerged as one of the effective
techniques due to its advantages it can be used for
many applications. Multilevel inverter inverts the
voltage of better quality then other inverter. Seven-
level inverter has been implemented with DVR
system. DVR is an effective custom power device for
voltage sag mitigation. The impact of voltage sag on
sensitive equipment is severe. Therefore, DVR is
considered to be an efficient solution due to its small
size and fast response.
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