Voltage Boosting Technique for Switched Capacitor Based Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter

Hemmati, Tala; Jahan, Hossein Khoun; Maralani, Yaghoub Ghorbanalizadeh; Sabahi, Mehran; Abapour, Mehdi; Blaabjerg, Frede

doi:10.1109/pedstc49159.2020.9088494

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“…However, these unwanted currents are not mitigated completely and the modified topology can solve this vital challenge. In [48], the quasi-resonant inductor overcomes the instant inrush currents in the series-connected capacitors. Depending on the Considering the above-mentioned issues, nine-level switched capacitor-based single DC source inverter is introduced in this paper.…”

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“…However, these unwanted currents are not mitigated completely and the modified topology can solve this vital challenge. In [48], the quasi‐resonant inductor overcomes the instant inrush currents in the series‐connected capacitors. Depending on the desired number of output voltage levels, different number of capacitors are utilized to generate multiple output by only one DC source.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An improved nine‐level switched capacitor‐based inverter with voltage boosting capability and limitation of capacitor current spikes for PV applications

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Marangalu

Naderi

et al. 2022

IET Renewable Power Gen

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To proceed to a net zero carbon world and to mitigate the environmental challenges associated with it, integration speed of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic (PV) systems has been increased around the world. Here, an improved switched-capacitor based nine-level inverter is introduced for PV applications. This topology has several benefits such as, voltage boosting feature, using a single DC source, reduction of capacitor charging current spike and extendable input voltage. This inverter produces nine-level output voltage waveform using single power supply. This topology, using identical two capacitors in parallel with a single DC source, can boost the input voltage. In this inverter to limit spike current of capacitor charging mode, an inductor is placed in the charging path of capacitors with a parallel diode. The power losses and overall efficiency analysis of the improved inverter are considered. To verify the accurate performance of inverter under a step change on power flows, simulation results are obtained by MATLAB/Simulink software and presented. To highlight the benefits of the inverter, a comparison of improved topology with most recent topologies is performed. Finally, to verify the feasibility and performance of the improved inverter, experimental results of a 770 W grid-tied prototype are presented.

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confidence: 99%