Multilevel Inverter for 690V Application

Guiding by,
Mr . CHELLADURAI J

MUTHURAJ P
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Literature Review : Multilevel Inverter:
MLI features:
Ability to reduce the voltage stress on each power device due to the
utilization of multiple levels on the DC bus
Important when a high DC side voltage is imposed by an application
(e.g. traction systems)
Even at low switching frequencies, smaller distortion in the multilevel
inverter AC side waveform can be achieved (with stepped modulation technique)
They can generate output voltages with extremely low distortion and
lower dv/dt.
They draw input current with very low distortion.
They generate smaller common-mode (CM) voltage, thus reducing the
stress in the motor bearings. In addition, using sophisticated modulation methods,
CM voltages can be eliminated.

Topologies:
Modulation Techniques:
Topology1:Diode Clamped multilevel inverter


The main concept of this inverter is to use diodes to limit the power
devices voltage stress. The voltage over each capacitor and each switch is Vdc.
An n level inverter needs (n-1) voltage sources, 2(n-1) switching devices
and (n-1) (n-2) diodes.

Formula:
Number of switches=2(n-1)
Number of diodes= (n-1) (n-2)
Number of capacitors= (n-1)

Topology2:Flying capacitor multilevel inverters:

This inverter uses capacitors to limit the voltage of the power devices.
The configuration of the flying capacitor multilevel inverter is like a diode
clamped multilevel inverter except that capacitors are used to divide the input DC
voltage.
The voltage over each capacitor and each switch is Vdc.
Formula:
Number of switches=2(n-1)
Number of clamped capacitors= (n-1)*(n-2)/2
Number of DC bus capacitors=(n-1)
For,5-level MLI For,9-level MLI
Number of Switches = 16 Number of Switches = 8
Total number of Capacitors = 10 Total number of Capacitors = 8


Topology3:Cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter:

The concept of this inverter is based on connecting H-bridge inverters in
series to get a sinusoidal voltage output.
The output voltage is the sum of the voltage that is generated by each
cell. The number of output voltage levels are 2n+1, where n is the number of cells.
An n level cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter needs 2(n-1) switching
devices
where,
n is the number of the output voltage level.
WEIGHT AND COST COMPARISON:

SIMULATION