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A Modified Multi-Level Inverter System for Grid-Tied DES Applications

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  • Sajjad Ahmed

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Asghar Saqib

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan)

  • Syed Abdul Rahman Kashif

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan)

  • Khurram Hashmi

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan
    School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland)

  • Flah Aymen

    (Energy Processes Environment and Electrical Systems Unit, National Engineering School of Gabes, University of Gabes, Gabes 6072, Tunisia)

  • Kareem M. AboRas

    (Department of Electrical Power and Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt)

  • Laura Jasińska

    (Faculty of Electronics Microsystems and Photonics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland)

  • Zbigniew Leonowicz

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
    Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 708-00 Ostrava, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Energy harvesting from renewable energy sources is trending in the world due to inventions in modern technology. This paper proposes a grid-tied single-phase modified W-type 81-level inverter. Inverter design equations to calculate various parameters, such as the number of voltage levels and the number of DC power sources, along with the feedback controller equations, are developed to integrate the proposed topology with an electric power grid. The modeling of the control system for the proposed topology is carried out in the synchronously rotating reference frame for single-phase systems. The PWM generation part of the proposed inverter system makes use of the binary search nearest level algorithm to efficiently track the grid voltage signal. The proposed system integrates the inverter with the grid without the need for an output filter. The efficiency analysis shows that the proposed system delivers active and reactive power to the grid with an efficiency of around 90% and a THD of 1.04%. The voltage and current waveforms for the dynamic active and reactive power flow reveal that the proposed system exhibits a good transient and steady-state response. The overall system is simulated in MATLAB/Simulink and the results are verified using a hardware implementation of the prototype circuit.

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  • Sajjad Ahmed & Muhammad Asghar Saqib & Syed Abdul Rahman Kashif & Khurram Hashmi & Flah Aymen & Kareem M. AboRas & Laura Jasińska & Zbigniew Leonowicz, 2022. "A Modified Multi-Level Inverter System for Grid-Tied DES Applications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:24:p:16545-:d:999093
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