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M.R.DURGA PRASAD
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Inverter:
• The Inverter is an electrical device which converts direct current
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(DC) to alternate current (AC).

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Multilevel Inverter:
• The multi-level inverter is to synthesize a near sinusoidal
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voltage from several levels of dc voltages

• The Multi level inverter is like an inverter and it is used for
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industrial applications as alternative in high power and medium

voltage situations.
• It has been introduced in 1975 as alternative in high power and
medium voltage situations by NABLE ELAL
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 The need of multilevel converter is to give a high output power

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from medium voltage source.

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Multilevel inverters have become more

popular over the years in electric high power applications with
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less disturbances in voltage and the possibility to function at

lower switching frequencies than ordinary two level inverter.

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ADVANTAGES:
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1. Reduced harmonic distortion: Multilevel converters not

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only can generate the output voltages with very low distortion,
but also can reduce the dv/dt stresses; therefore electromagnetic
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compatibility (EMC) problems can be reduced.

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2. Common-mode (CM) voltage: Multilevel converters produce

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smaller CM voltage; therefore, the stress in the bearings of a

motor connected to a multilevel motor drive can be reduced.

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3. Input current: Multilevel converters can draw input current with

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low distortion.
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4. Switching frequency: Multilevel converters can operate at both

fundamental switching frequency and high switching frequency
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PWM. It should be noted that lower switching frequency usually

means lower switching loss and higher efficiency

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TWO LEVEL INVERTER

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The two level inverter is the simplest

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type of three-phase voltage source

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inverter and can be thought of as a

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six pulse bridge in which the

thyristors have been replaced by
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IGBTs with inverse-parallel diodes,

and the DC smoothing reactors have
been replaced by DC smoothing
capacitors
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TYPES OF MODULAR MULTILEVEL INVERTERS

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Multilevel inverters are three types.

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1. Diode clamped or Neutral-Point Clamped type

2. Flying capacitors type
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3. Cascaded or H-bridge type

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DIODE CLAMPED MULTILEVEL INVERTER

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• This inverter uses diodes and

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provides the multiple voltage levels

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through the different phases to the

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capacitor banks which are in series.

• A diode transfers a limited amount of
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voltage, thereby reducing the stress

on other electrical devices. The
maximum output voltage is half of
the input DC voltage.
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FLYING CAPACITORS MULTILEVEL INVERTER

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• The main concept of this inverter is

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to use capacitors. It is of series

connection of capacitor clamped
switching cells.
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• In this inverter switching states are

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like in the diode clamped inverter.

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• Clamping diodes are not required in

this type of multilevel inverters.

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CASCADED H- BRIDGE MULTILEVEL INVERTER

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 Multilevel cascade inverters are used to eliminate the bulky

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transformer required in case of conventional multi phase

inverters, clamping diodes required in case of diode clamped
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inverters and flying capacitors required in case of flying

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capacitor inverters. But these require large number of isolated

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voltages to supply the each cell.

 The combination of capacitors and switches pair is called an H-
bridge and gives the separate input DC voltage for each H-
bridge.
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APPLICATIONS OF MULTILEVEL INVERTER

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 High-voltage and Medium-voltage motor drives

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 High voltage dc transmission

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 Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS)

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 Traction
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 Active filtering
 Utility interface for renewable energy systems

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