Comparative Analysis of Different PWM Techniques in a Five Level Inverter

Sumit Kumar Singh*, Ankit Srivastava**
* Guest Faculty, Department of Electrical Engineering, Rajkiya Engineering College, (HBTU Campus), Kannauj, India.
** Guest Faculty, Department of Electrical Engineering, HBTU Kanpur, India.
Periodicity:October - December'2016
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jee.10.2.8325

Abstract

The multilevel inverter utilization has been increased since the last decade. These new type of inverters are suitable in various high voltage and high power applications due to their ability to synthesize waveforms with better harmonic spectrum and faithful output. This paper analyzes the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) performance of a three phase 5- level inverter. The five level inverter is configured with RL load for the analysis. Three different Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) schemes are proposed for the analysis of five level inverter. The simulation results are presented to prove that THD is reduced with different Pulse Width Modulation scheme.

Keywords

Multi Level inverter, Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), Third Harmonic Injection PWM (THIPWM), Space Vector PWM (SVPWM)

How to Cite this Article?

Singh, S. K., and Srivastava, A.(2016). Comparative Analysis of Different PWM Techniques in Five Level Inverter. i-manager’s Journal on Electrical Engineering, 10(2), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.26634/jee.10.2.8325

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