Garcia-Santiago, F.A., Rosas-Caro, J.C. orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-0575, Valdez-Resendiz, J.E. orcid.org/0000-0002-1889-1353 et al. (3 more authors) (2023) Single-phase five-level multilevel inverter based on a transistors six-pack module. Energies, 15 (24). 9321. ISSN 1996-1073
Abstract
This article introduces a single-phase five-level multilevel inverter based on six switches and two transformers. The proposed converter requires a single dc input source with low voltage. The disposition of switches makes it possible to build the converter with a transistors six-pack module off-the-shelves, traditionally used to build three-phase inverters, which simplifies the manufacturing process. The converter increases the voltage with two transformers; for that reason, it does not require an auxiliary step-up converter. The use of transformers (with the transformer’s turns ratio) allows for using the same topology for several input voltage levels. To verify the operation of the proposed multilevel inverter, a computer-based simulation was performed with PSIM, a software that considers parasitic components. The results show that the proposed converter can work properly.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | power converter; transformer-based multilevel inverter; single-phase inverter |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2023 11:26 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2023 11:26 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15249321 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/en15249321 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195109 |