Operation of a UXE-type 11-level inverter with voltage-balance modulation using NLC and ACO-based SHE

Mohammad Ali; Mohd Tariq; Chang Hua Lin; Ripon K. Chakrobortty; Basem Alamri; Ahmad Alahmadi; Michael J. Ryan

doi:10.3390/su13169035

Operation of a UXE-type 11-level inverter with voltage-balance modulation using NLC and ACO-based SHE

Mohammad Ali
, Mohd Tariq^*
, Chang Hua Lin^*
, Ripon K. Chakrobortty
, Basem Alamri
, Ahmad Alahmadi
, Michael J. Ryan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this article, the UXE-Type inverter is considered for eleven-level operation. This topology exhibits a boosting capability along with reduced switches and one source. An algorithm that utilizes the redundant states to control the voltage-balance of the auxiliary direct current (DC)-link is presented. The proposed control algorithm is capable of maintaining the voltages of each capacitor at V_dc /4 resulting in a successful multilevel operation for all values of load. The inverter is also compared with 11-level inverters. The modulation of the inverter is performed by employing nearest level control and ant colony optimization based selective harmonic elimination. The maximum inverter efficiency is 98.1% and its performance is validated on an hardware-in-the-loop platform.

Original language	English
Article number	9035
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	13
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169035
State	Published - 2 Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Ant colony optimization
Boosted operation
Modified nearest level control
Multilevel inverter
Selective harmonic elimination
UXE-type inverter

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Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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