Closed Form Line to Line Voltage THD of the Cascade Multilevel Inverter Including Device Voltage Drops Conference Paper

abstract

• The previously published formulas showed the line to line voltage THD of the cascade multilevel inverter's staircase voltage waveform with unequal DC sources. This article explains/demonstrates how these formulas have been revised to show new expressions that include the device voltage drops. The device voltage drops exist across the diodes and switches in power converters during conduction. The new set of formulas is fast, accurate, and simple. They make it very simple to compute the THD in real time and in a fraction of second. Simulation results are presented to show the difference between the previous ideal case and present practical case. Experimental results are presented to verify the obtained analytical formulas as well as simulation results. 2013 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

authors

• Ehsani, Mehrdad

published proceedings

• 2013 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE)

author list (cited authors)

• Farokhnia, N., Mohammad, M., & Ehsani, M.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Farokhnia, Naeem||Mohammad, Muneer||Ehsani, M

publication date

• September 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• n2329-3721ISSN  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/ecce.2013.6647237

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781479903351

start page

• 4041

end page

• 4046

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Fecce.2013.6647237