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Journal : Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Modified multicarrier sinusoidal pulse-width modulation for three-phase open-load five-level inverter Suroso, Suroso; Prasetijo, Hari; Susilawati, Hesti; Murdyantoro Am, Eko; Mubyarto, Agung
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 13, No 6: December 2024
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v13i6.7899

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Five-level voltage source inverter (VSI) is a power inverter topology generating a five-level output voltage waveform. This inverter topology can reduce harmonics distortion to be lower compared to a conventional two-level inverter. In practical, delay of gating signals is unavoidable during switching operation of power semiconductor switches. Adding dead time in the gating signals of VSI’s power switches is mandatory to avoid short circuit during switching operation. However, the dead time of the inverter’s switching signals causes low frequency harmonics and distortion of inverter’s output waveforms. In this paper, a different multicarrier sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM) method with harmonics suppression capability was proposed and applied in the three-phase open-connection load five-level inverter. The proposed modified SPWM was tested using computer simulation of Powersim (PSIM) software. The measured output waveforms of the five-level VSI at different power factor conditions are presented and analyzed. The total harmonics distortion (THD) values of inverter’s output current were suppressed using the proposed SPWM method to be less than 1%. The test results showed that the proposed modified SPWM method was able to reduce the distortion (THD) of alternating current (AC) waveform, and increase the quality of the inverter’s output power.
Application of two inductors with single magnetic core in a two-level current source inverter Suroso, Suroso; Prasetijo, Hari
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 14, No 4: August 2025
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v14i4.9578

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Current source inverter (CSI) transforms DC current into a predetermined AC current. In practice, the DC current are acquired by connecting inductors with the DC power source. Common-emitter current source inverter (CE-CSI) is an inverter where the emitter terminals of the insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) or metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) switches are connected at a common voltage. This inverter requires two non-isolated DC current sources as input power. The two level CE-CSI is the simplest circuit of the CE-CSIs. The circuit was able in simplifying inverter circuits compared to the three-level CE-CSI in case of device number, i.e., diodes, IGBTs/MOSFETs, and gate drive circuits. This paper studied the basic characteristics of the two-level CE-CSI when two reactors with a single magnetic core were used. The inverter circuit was examined and evaluated through computer tests, and experimentally. The two-level CE-CSI was able to generate a low distortion of sinusoidal AC load current with total harmonic distortion (THD) value 1.92%. Test data showed that the magnitudes of low order harmonics were less than 0.3% of the fundamental frequency. Moreover, the inverter efficiency can be increased due to reduction of the power losses caused by power switching devices.