Simulation and Analysis of Seven Switch Nine-Level Hybrid Cascaded Inverter for Fuel Cell Applications

Abstract:

This paper proposes a single-phase nine-level Hybrid Cascaded Multilevel Inverter (HCMLI) for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell with a novel pulse width-modulated (PWM) technique. This technique employs multiple reference signals and a single triangular carrier wave which is used to generate PWM pulses. The inverter offers much less total harmonic distortion and can operate at near-unity power factor. Its performance has been verified based on Total Harmonic Distortion using MATLAB/SIMULINK.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 367)
• Pages: 199-203
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.367.199
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: S.R. Thilaga, S. Suresh Kumar
• Keywords: Fuel Cell (FC), Multilevel Inverter (MLI), Pulse Width Modulated (PWM), Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

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