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A Single Z-Source Network-Based 3-Level NPC Inverter Using a Novel Region Selection Approach of SVM


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/iree.v15i5.17623

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This paper aims to explain that a Z source network-based single-stage multilevel inverter topology provides better capability in terms of cost, component, and losses compared to conventional voltage-buck and voltage-boost. Only a limited amount of literature is currently available on a single LC network-based 3-level inverter employing space vector modulation. To define it, space vector modulation is an advanced computational Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technique where the revolving space vector is used as a reference to generate pulses. Keeping that in mind, a novel Space vector modulation for a single LC network-based 3-level inverter has been implemented in this paper. The proposed SVM algorithm exhibits better quality output voltage compared to the previously reported single LC-based 3-level inverter. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified through extensive simulation study on a 3-level NPC inverter topology. This simulation is developed in a MATLAB/SIMULINK environment with an R-L load. The performance of the inverter is appositely investigated in terms of harmonics, capacitor voltage, inverter output voltage, and current. The proposed model encounters its application in fuel cell-based electric vehicles.
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Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM); Z Source Three-Level (3L) NPC Inverter (ZS3LNPCI); Upper Lower Shoot Through (ULST) Strategy

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