Comparison of multi-carriers based PWM for multilevel converters

This paper addresses a comparative study of modulation techniques used for multilevel converters and aims to present a new multi-carrier pulse width modulation (PWM) technique called wave shift multi-carrier PWM (WSPWM). The proposed switching technique generated lower voltage total harmonic distort...

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Main Authors: Mohammed, B.S., Ibrahim, R.B., Perumal, N., Rama Rao, K.S.
Format: Article
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.32179 /
Published: Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l 2014
Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84905964982&doi=10.15866%2firemos.v7i3.340&partnerID=40&md5=68adfe95eb278c868b0bf542e22ac777
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32179/
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Summary: This paper addresses a comparative study of modulation techniques used for multilevel converters and aims to present a new multi-carrier pulse width modulation (PWM) technique called wave shift multi-carrier PWM (WSPWM). The proposed switching technique generated lower voltage total harmonic distortion (THD) as compared to the conventional multicarrier based PWM schemes such as phase-shift PWM (PSPWM), level-shift PWM (LSPWM), switching frequency optimal PWM (SFPWM) and selective harmonic elimination technique (SHET). To compare the performance of the proposed method with PSPWM, LSPWM, SFPWM and SHET techniques, three-phase five, seven, nine and eleven-level circuit topologies of cascade multilevel converter (CMC) were designed and simulated. Based on the seven-level CMC topology the dynamic behavior of both shunt and series active power filters were investigated for power quality improvement of a single feeder distribution system. Digital simulations were carried out using the well-developed industry standard power system program, PSCAD/EMTDC to validate the performance of CMC based shunt and series active power filters. © 2014 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l.-All rights reserved.