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ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719
Vol. 05, Issue 08 (August. 2015), ||V3|| PP 52-60
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Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-
Bridge Multilevel Inverter
Mohammad Soltani1
, Mohammad Hosein khanzade 2
1
(Department of Power Electrical Engineering, Iran university of science and technology, Tehran, Iran)
2
(Department of FAVA Engineering, Imam Hosein University, Tehran, Iran)
Abstract: - Recently, multilevel inverters using for medium voltage drive are controlled with various modulation
techniques. Although we have seen in Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge topologies having unequal input dc
voltages significant improvement than others, its switching is complex. In this study all three applicable
methods on Asymmetric CHB, SHE, NLC and Multi-carrier, are analyzed. In multi-carrier switching method for
this topology the number of subject switches is less than carriers. We introduce equations for combine the
PWMs to use the controllability advantage of the multi-carrier method in asymmetric topology. Comparing
these methods shows although the SHE and NLC have lower THD; they are Off-Line methods and are not
applicant for closed-loop systems. Finally, results indicate that multi-carrier method has an appropriate
harmonic function and has advantage rather than two other switching methods for asymmetric multi-level
inverter respect to its Online nature.
Keywords: - Multilevel inverter, Asymmetric CHB, combined PWM, THD.
I. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, there is a growing demand for high-power applications while capable of providing high
output voltage signals and having good spectral performance and easy control. To overcome the limitations of
semiconductor voltage and current rating, it is necessary to parallel or series connection between converter cells
[1]-[4]. Multi-level inverters have been attended, because their ability to synthesize waveforms with a better
harmonic spectrum and attain higher voltages. However, the increasing number of devices tends to reduce the
overall reliability and efficiency of the power converter [5]. They have many attractive features like high voltage
capability, reduced common mode voltages, low switching losses, high voltage capability, near sinusoidal
outputs and smaller or even no output filter, making them suitable for high power applications[5]-[8]. They
synthesize an output voltage waveform from several levels of dc voltage sources. As the number of levels
increases, the combined output waveform approaches the sinusoidal wave with the reduced harmonic distortion
[6]. The well-known circuit topologies are: cascaded H-bridge multi-level inverter [9]-[13], diode-clamped
multi-level inverter [14] and flying-capacitor multi-level inverter [15]. However each inverter topology is
having its own advantages and disadvantages. These topologies can be combined together, to have output
multilevel voltage with lower switching loss, lower THD and regenerative advantages.
They are mainly controlled with sinusoidal PWM extended to multiple carrier arrangements of two types: level
shifted and phase shifted [14]. Other established modulation methods include the multi-level extension of space
vector modulation (SVM), multi-level selective harmonic elimination (SHE) [16]-[19] and nearest level control
(NLC) [20]-[22]. The last three methods are used for lower switching frequency applications.
The CHB topology of multi-level inverter can be in two topologies include symmetric and asymmetric. The
symmetric multi-level inverters have the same voltage on each of dc input. The asymmetric multi-level inverters
have similar circuit topology as symmetric multi-level inverters. They differ only in the input dc voltages and
switching procedure. Higher output quality can be obtained with smaller circuit and control complexity [23],
[24]. The essential discussion regarding CHB topology involves the cost and the volume of the facilities. The
need for more dc sources is a drawback in the CHB [14]. Using unequal dc sources for each cell removes this
drawback to a certain degree and reduces the number of switches. The volume of transformer reduction for
geometry input dc voltages to the cells in the network applying the whole voltage capacity of the switches for
unit with high voltage, a reduction in the number of regenerative facilities to the network upon need, reduction
switching loss and etc. [7].
In asymmetric CHB power injection and uniform switching properties of the cells are eliminated while,
the number of the cells applied in forming multi-level output voltage decrease significantly. To have the highest
number of output voltage levels in asymmetric CHB the proportion between dc voltage sources of the cells must
be 3n
[20]. An asymmetric 9-level is illustrated in Fig. 1. Switching the inverters of CHB series is usually
conducted through SHE and multi-carrier methods. In the asymmetric CHB series, the adopted methods are of
SHE and NLC through obtaining the switching angles with less concern on multi-carrier method; since, in the
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method the number of switches is not of major concern, while, merely the output voltage and its harmonics are
of concern. The method, through simple is off-line and is non-efficient in closed-loop system.
Cell1
Cell2
3E
aV
E H-Bridge
Fig. 1- The 9-level asymmetric CHB
II. SWITCHING ALGORITHM FOR ASYMMETRIC CHB
a. SHE
The advantages of SHE method are the lowest value of THD and switching loss. Because of modularity and
simply In CHB topology, this method is considered. In this method, state of any switches just once is ON and
OFF in any cycle. In this case, switching angles can be achieved with the minimum THD.
Van
1 2 n
V1
Vn
2
 
3
2

2
t
Fig. 2- The staircase output of (2n+)-level inverter
One of the multilevel inverter issues is harmonic order, while can be measured by different methods. Fig. 2
shows a staircase voltage waveform synthesized by a (2N + 1) level converter. Using the Fourier series, the
staircase multilevel voltage waveform of Fig. 2 is expressed by [18]
(1)
1
( ) sin( )n
n
V t V n 


 
Where Vn represents the amplitude of the harmonic of order n and is expressed by
(2)
1
cos( ), 1,5,7,11,...
N
dc
n i
i
aV
V n n
n

 
 
Vdc is the dc voltage of each output voltage level. The switching angles 1 2, , ... , n   must satisfy the
following constraint
(3)
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The procedure of SHE-PWM technique is to determine the switching angles 1 2, , ... , n   and the fundamental
component is adjusted to its desired amplitude, while any low order odd harmonic distortion except third
harmonic are eliminated [17].
Where n=3N-1…, when N is even, n=3N-2…, when N is odd. M is the modulation index and is defined as
(5)1
4 dc
V
M
NV 

To determine the switching angles, the N transcendental equations in Eq. (4) should be solved. The standard
SHE method has a narrow modulation region and cannot be realized for the entire modulation range. For finding
the optimized value of switching angles in minimum THD can be used from various optimization methods. One
of them is Genetic Algorithm (GA).At first for have minimum THD in eq. (6), we premise the Eqs (4), (5) for
obtaining optimized switching angles [19].
(6)
1 2
1
1 2
cos( ) cos( ) cos( )
( )
cos( ) cos( ) cos( )
L
n
L
n n n
n
THD
  
  

 

 



A GA is a learning algorithm that imitates the evolution of organisms. In the natural evolution process of
organisms, the reproduction of a set of individuals that forms a certain generation is such that those individuals
with fitness to environmental adaptation survive with high probability. Reproduction that is based on the degree
of conformity of an individual in a GA as an artificial model that imitates the evolution process of such an
organism is performed, and the next-generation population is generated through crossover and mutation. The
process is carried out by repeating such genetic operations, and if the individual of the last generation that
fulfills end conditions can be found, the semi-optimal solution in question may be determined. For
Asymmetrical CHB inverter SHE method is purposed, although that has many drawbacks in closed-loop
systems.
b. NLC
Asymmetrical CHB multilevel inverters can be modulated with nearest level control (NLC). In this method the
voltage levels are chosen nearest to the reference voltage. The NLC gives an excellent output voltage quality,
and it produces an inverse relationship between frequency and distributed power from each cell. Fig. 3 shows
the output voltage of the 27-level inverter, which each level voltage is Vdc and reference voltage is passed
through it. When Vdc is constant, the output voltage must be controlled by using PWM directly on the H-bridges.
This method is one of offline method like SHE, having drawback in closed-loop. But that is very simple method
to obtain the lowest level of THD [21].
Fig. 3- The NLC method for multilevel output
(4)
1
1
1
cos( )
cos(5 ) 0
cos( ) 0
N
i
i
N
i
i
N
i
i
NM
n





















0
0
Output voltage
Reference voltage
2
dcV
2
dcV
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c. SPWM
In level shifted switching, 27-level voltage is formed, including 27-voltage levels at above and below
the coordinate access, where each requires one carrier wave. The S1, S4, 1S , 4S , 1S and 4S switches are directly
commanded by the microcontroller and switches S3, S2, 3S , 2S , 3S and 2S are of their corresponding NOT state,
Fig. 4.This phenomenon is due to lack of simultaneous of ON switches of one branch and avoid from possible
vulnerability. The problem with switching in asymmetric CHB is that the number of separate PWM (that
generated by comparing the carrier waves with the reference wave) are 26, but the number of the subject
switches are 6. Overall, two PWM pulses are required for each cell, that is, these face switches function are
formed by a combination of twenty six PWMs which eventually results in the output voltage in state of three
cells.
The carrier waves for a 27-level inverter are illustrated in Fig. 5. According to Fig. 4, cell 3 with 9 dcV in input
voltage is an H-Bridge inverter, applied for the 3-level output voltage. Here, switching of cell1 where combined
PWM generated from carriers is applied. The whole command blocks of all three cells are drawn in Fig. 4.
S1 S3
S4S2
X1
X2
y1
y2
Cell 2cell 1
1S  3S 
4S 
2S 
z1
z2
Cell 3
1S  3S 
4S 
2S 
3 dcVdcV 9 dcV
Fig. 4- The control blocks of the three inverter cells to generate 27-level output
Fig. 5- The carrier waves for a 27-level inverter
In this switching, it is assumed that S1, S4, 1S , 4S , 1S and 4S are the subjects of the command. If the
PWMs of the positive carriers in coordinate axes are named as P1-P13 and the negative coordinate axes are
named as q1-q13, then, the switches state to provide cell1, cell2 and cell3 for different levels would be presented
as tabulated in Table (1). In this table, the sign (-) denoted OFF and the sign (+) denotes ON. When the diode is
in parallel and inverse position, the switch is assumed ON state. When the output voltage level reaches upper
than +V or less than –V, the output of cell3 would be ±3Vdc hence, the obtained PWM from carrier of the same
level is applied to high voltage cell.
As observed in Table 1, in order for the z1 and z2 commands, Fig. 4, to have a 3-level voltage in cell3, p5 and q5
become applicable, Eqs. (7 and 8).
(7)1 5z p
(8)2 5z q
To obtain the combined equation of PWMs, for the cell2, the 1S in the positive coordinate axes, any change in
switching situation of the PWM subject are added with respect to their signs. If in the negative coordinate the
voltage levels are sought, any change in switching situation of the PWM subject are deducted that is. On the
other hand, the total status change of the ps and negative of qs constitute the general equation for 1S switch
through the following equation:
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(9)1 2 11 8 5 5y p p q p q    
To command 4S switch, the PWMs symmetric of switching in Eq. (9) are applied. In fact, this symmetry is
the difference of 180˚ between 4S and 1S command and the ps in Eq. (9) are converted to qs in Eq. (10) and vice
versa. Therefore, the PWM control equation for the S4 is presented as: Eq. (10). Cell1 switching function is
achieved in accordance with this procedure. These functions are according to Eqs. (11, 12)
(10)2 2 11 8 5 5y q q p q p    
(11)1 1 4 7 10 13 3 6 9 12
2 5 8 11 2 5 8 11
x p p p p p q q q q
p p p p q q q q
        
       
(12)2 1 4 7 10 13 3 6 9 12
2 5 8 11 2 5 8 11
x q q q q q p p p p
q q q q p p p p
        
       
Table 1- general switching states of the 27-level output
Output voltage4S 1S Cell 34S 1S Cell 24S1SCell 1PWM
13Vdc++9 dcV++3 dcV++dcVP13
12Vdc++9 dcV++3 dcV+-0P12
11Vdc++9 dcV++3 dcV--dcVP11
10Vdc++9 dcV+-0++dcVP10
9Vdc++9 dcV+-0-+0P9
8Vdc++9 dcV+-0--dcVP8
7Vdc++9 dcV--3 dcV++dcVP7
6Vdc++9 dcV--3 dcV+-0P6
5Vdc++9 dcV--3 dcV--dcVP5
4Vdc+-0++3 dcV++dcVP4
3Vdc+-0++3 dcV-+0P3
2Vdc+-0++3 dcV--dcVP2
Vdc+-0-+0++dcVP1
0+-0-+0+-00
-Vdc+-0-+0--dcV1q
-2Vdc+-0--3 dcV++dcV2q
-3Vdc+-0--3 dcV-+03q
-4Vdc+-0--3 dcV--dcV4q
-5Vdc--9 dcV++3 dcV++dcV5q
-6Vdc--9 dcV++3 dcV+-06q
-7Vdc--9 dcV++3 dcV--dcV7q
-8Vdc--9 dcV+-0++dcV8q
-9Vdc--9 dcV+-0-+09q
-10Vdc--9 dcV+-0--dcV10q
-11Vdc--9 dcV--3 dcV++dcV11q
-12Vdc--9 dcV--3 dcV+-012q
-13Vdc--9 dcV--3 dcV--dcV13q
III. SIMULATION RESULTS
The first paragraph under each heading or subheading should be flush left, and subsequent paragraphs
should have a five-space indentation. A colon is inserted before an equation is presented, but there is no
punctuation following the equation. All equations are numbered and referred to in the text solely by a number
enclosed in a round bracket (i.e., (3) reads as "equation 3"). Ensure that any miscellaneous numbering system
you use in your paper cannot be confused with a reference [4] or an equation (3) designation.In the simulation,
we perform on the 27-level inverter each of the three methods, SHE, NLC and SPWM. The input dc voltage in
cell1 is 30v. In SHE method for optimization the amount of THD is used from GA; such that, Eq. (4) is satisfied
and Eq. (6) is the lowest. The switching angles obtained from theoretical THD and simulated THD are tabulated
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in table (2); fitness value of GA for finding the best value of THD in its statistics society shows in Fig. (6); the
output 27-level voltage and its harmonic orders switched by SHE method in Simulink illustrate in Fig. 7. The
simulation result is very close to theoretical THD.
Table 2- The simulation and theoretical THD with switching angles (degree) obtained from GA
Simulation
THD
(%)
Theoretical
THD
(%)
12345678910111213
2.982.9282.296.8711.115.520.124.329.535.140.246.152.561.371.6
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
0
5
10
15
Generation
Fitnessvalue
Best: 2.92803 Mean: 2.94824
Best fitness
Mean fitness
Fig. 6- Fitness values of GA for finding THD
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.02
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
0
1
2
3
4
5
Harmonic order
Fundamental (50Hz) = 394.7 , THD= 2.98%
Mag(%ofFundamental)
Fig 7- The output 27-level voltage and its harmonic orders switched by SHE method
The voltage levels are chosen nearest to the reference voltage for implementation of NLC method on
27-level asymmetric CHB. Output voltage of each cell in test system, output of 27-level inverter switched with
this method and its harmonic orders illustrate in Fig. 8.
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0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.02
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
0
5
10
15
Harmonic order
Fundamental (50Hz) = 390.4 , THD= 3.04%
Mag(%ofFundamental)
Fig 8- The output 27-level voltage and its harmonic orders switched by NLC
When carrier waves in Fig. 5 are implemented on 27-level inverter (Fig. 4) and PWMs are combined within Eqs.
(7-12), we have 27-level voltage in output. This phenomenon in multi-carrier method is the opposite and as
observed in Fig. 9, the best function of THD when the ma close to one and the mf is odd. The volumes of the
modulation and frequency indexes applied in the previous simulation are illustrated in Fig. 9. The 27-level
output voltage in the best condition found from Fig. 9 illustrate in Fig.10; switching frequency is 1150 and
modulation index is 1.03. Obviously, the first harmonic distortion falls on 23 and output THD is close to 4%.
The multicarrier method has an acceptable range of THD (less than 5%); although have worse result in compare
two other methods. This method is online and by changing reference wave can be used for closed-loop systems.
But SHE and NLC are offline method and they’re not applicable for these systems.
16
18
20
22
0.92
0.94
0.96
0.98
1
1.02
1.04
3.5
4
4.5
5
5.5
Frequency index
Modulation index
THD
Fig 9- Comparison of output voltage THD at different mfs per ma in SPWM
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0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.02
-400
-200
0
200
400
-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
0
5
10
15
Harmonic order
Fundamental (50Hz) = 394.5 , THD= 4.04%
Mag(%ofFundamental)
Fig 9-The output voltage of 27-leveland its harmonic components in SPWM method
IV. CONCLUSION
A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, and
possible applications of the paper. Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not
replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest
applications and extensions.
In asymmetric CHB topology the number of the applied inverter units in forming multi-level voltage decreases
significantly. The switching method of this topology becomes complicated due to a reduction in the subject
switch count. Result shows that although The SHE and NLC methods have the best THD for staircase output
voltage closed to 3% in 27-level inverter, they are Off-Line method; they’re not applicant for closed-loop
systems. In multi-carrier method for this topology the number of carriers is more than the subject switches.
Combined PWM method is proposed to make the multi-level output voltage for asymmetric inverter efficient in
medium voltage drives. Results indicate that this approach has an appropriate harmonic function and respect to
its Online nature it is advantages to two other switching method for asymmetric multi-level inverter.
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  • 1. IOSR Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN) www.iosrjen.org ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719 Vol. 05, Issue 08 (August. 2015), ||V3|| PP 52-60 International organization of Scientific Research 52 | P a g e Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H- Bridge Multilevel Inverter Mohammad Soltani1 , Mohammad Hosein khanzade 2 1 (Department of Power Electrical Engineering, Iran university of science and technology, Tehran, Iran) 2 (Department of FAVA Engineering, Imam Hosein University, Tehran, Iran) Abstract: - Recently, multilevel inverters using for medium voltage drive are controlled with various modulation techniques. Although we have seen in Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge topologies having unequal input dc voltages significant improvement than others, its switching is complex. In this study all three applicable methods on Asymmetric CHB, SHE, NLC and Multi-carrier, are analyzed. In multi-carrier switching method for this topology the number of subject switches is less than carriers. We introduce equations for combine the PWMs to use the controllability advantage of the multi-carrier method in asymmetric topology. Comparing these methods shows although the SHE and NLC have lower THD; they are Off-Line methods and are not applicant for closed-loop systems. Finally, results indicate that multi-carrier method has an appropriate harmonic function and has advantage rather than two other switching methods for asymmetric multi-level inverter respect to its Online nature. Keywords: - Multilevel inverter, Asymmetric CHB, combined PWM, THD. I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, there is a growing demand for high-power applications while capable of providing high output voltage signals and having good spectral performance and easy control. To overcome the limitations of semiconductor voltage and current rating, it is necessary to parallel or series connection between converter cells [1]-[4]. Multi-level inverters have been attended, because their ability to synthesize waveforms with a better harmonic spectrum and attain higher voltages. However, the increasing number of devices tends to reduce the overall reliability and efficiency of the power converter [5]. They have many attractive features like high voltage capability, reduced common mode voltages, low switching losses, high voltage capability, near sinusoidal outputs and smaller or even no output filter, making them suitable for high power applications[5]-[8]. They synthesize an output voltage waveform from several levels of dc voltage sources. As the number of levels increases, the combined output waveform approaches the sinusoidal wave with the reduced harmonic distortion [6]. The well-known circuit topologies are: cascaded H-bridge multi-level inverter [9]-[13], diode-clamped multi-level inverter [14] and flying-capacitor multi-level inverter [15]. However each inverter topology is having its own advantages and disadvantages. These topologies can be combined together, to have output multilevel voltage with lower switching loss, lower THD and regenerative advantages. They are mainly controlled with sinusoidal PWM extended to multiple carrier arrangements of two types: level shifted and phase shifted [14]. Other established modulation methods include the multi-level extension of space vector modulation (SVM), multi-level selective harmonic elimination (SHE) [16]-[19] and nearest level control (NLC) [20]-[22]. The last three methods are used for lower switching frequency applications. The CHB topology of multi-level inverter can be in two topologies include symmetric and asymmetric. The symmetric multi-level inverters have the same voltage on each of dc input. The asymmetric multi-level inverters have similar circuit topology as symmetric multi-level inverters. They differ only in the input dc voltages and switching procedure. Higher output quality can be obtained with smaller circuit and control complexity [23], [24]. The essential discussion regarding CHB topology involves the cost and the volume of the facilities. The need for more dc sources is a drawback in the CHB [14]. Using unequal dc sources for each cell removes this drawback to a certain degree and reduces the number of switches. The volume of transformer reduction for geometry input dc voltages to the cells in the network applying the whole voltage capacity of the switches for unit with high voltage, a reduction in the number of regenerative facilities to the network upon need, reduction switching loss and etc. [7]. In asymmetric CHB power injection and uniform switching properties of the cells are eliminated while, the number of the cells applied in forming multi-level output voltage decrease significantly. To have the highest number of output voltage levels in asymmetric CHB the proportion between dc voltage sources of the cells must be 3n [20]. An asymmetric 9-level is illustrated in Fig. 1. Switching the inverters of CHB series is usually conducted through SHE and multi-carrier methods. In the asymmetric CHB series, the adopted methods are of SHE and NLC through obtaining the switching angles with less concern on multi-carrier method; since, in the
  • 2. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 53 | P a g e method the number of switches is not of major concern, while, merely the output voltage and its harmonics are of concern. The method, through simple is off-line and is non-efficient in closed-loop system. Cell1 Cell2 3E aV E H-Bridge Fig. 1- The 9-level asymmetric CHB II. SWITCHING ALGORITHM FOR ASYMMETRIC CHB a. SHE The advantages of SHE method are the lowest value of THD and switching loss. Because of modularity and simply In CHB topology, this method is considered. In this method, state of any switches just once is ON and OFF in any cycle. In this case, switching angles can be achieved with the minimum THD. Van 1 2 n V1 Vn 2   3 2  2 t Fig. 2- The staircase output of (2n+)-level inverter One of the multilevel inverter issues is harmonic order, while can be measured by different methods. Fig. 2 shows a staircase voltage waveform synthesized by a (2N + 1) level converter. Using the Fourier series, the staircase multilevel voltage waveform of Fig. 2 is expressed by [18] (1) 1 ( ) sin( )n n V t V n      Where Vn represents the amplitude of the harmonic of order n and is expressed by (2) 1 cos( ), 1,5,7,11,... N dc n i i aV V n n n      Vdc is the dc voltage of each output voltage level. The switching angles 1 2, , ... , n   must satisfy the following constraint (3)
  • 3. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 54 | P a g e The procedure of SHE-PWM technique is to determine the switching angles 1 2, , ... , n   and the fundamental component is adjusted to its desired amplitude, while any low order odd harmonic distortion except third harmonic are eliminated [17]. Where n=3N-1…, when N is even, n=3N-2…, when N is odd. M is the modulation index and is defined as (5)1 4 dc V M NV   To determine the switching angles, the N transcendental equations in Eq. (4) should be solved. The standard SHE method has a narrow modulation region and cannot be realized for the entire modulation range. For finding the optimized value of switching angles in minimum THD can be used from various optimization methods. One of them is Genetic Algorithm (GA).At first for have minimum THD in eq. (6), we premise the Eqs (4), (5) for obtaining optimized switching angles [19]. (6) 1 2 1 1 2 cos( ) cos( ) cos( ) ( ) cos( ) cos( ) cos( ) L n L n n n n THD                A GA is a learning algorithm that imitates the evolution of organisms. In the natural evolution process of organisms, the reproduction of a set of individuals that forms a certain generation is such that those individuals with fitness to environmental adaptation survive with high probability. Reproduction that is based on the degree of conformity of an individual in a GA as an artificial model that imitates the evolution process of such an organism is performed, and the next-generation population is generated through crossover and mutation. The process is carried out by repeating such genetic operations, and if the individual of the last generation that fulfills end conditions can be found, the semi-optimal solution in question may be determined. For Asymmetrical CHB inverter SHE method is purposed, although that has many drawbacks in closed-loop systems. b. NLC Asymmetrical CHB multilevel inverters can be modulated with nearest level control (NLC). In this method the voltage levels are chosen nearest to the reference voltage. The NLC gives an excellent output voltage quality, and it produces an inverse relationship between frequency and distributed power from each cell. Fig. 3 shows the output voltage of the 27-level inverter, which each level voltage is Vdc and reference voltage is passed through it. When Vdc is constant, the output voltage must be controlled by using PWM directly on the H-bridges. This method is one of offline method like SHE, having drawback in closed-loop. But that is very simple method to obtain the lowest level of THD [21]. Fig. 3- The NLC method for multilevel output (4) 1 1 1 cos( ) cos(5 ) 0 cos( ) 0 N i i N i i N i i NM n                      0 0 Output voltage Reference voltage 2 dcV 2 dcV
  • 4. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 55 | P a g e c. SPWM In level shifted switching, 27-level voltage is formed, including 27-voltage levels at above and below the coordinate access, where each requires one carrier wave. The S1, S4, 1S , 4S , 1S and 4S switches are directly commanded by the microcontroller and switches S3, S2, 3S , 2S , 3S and 2S are of their corresponding NOT state, Fig. 4.This phenomenon is due to lack of simultaneous of ON switches of one branch and avoid from possible vulnerability. The problem with switching in asymmetric CHB is that the number of separate PWM (that generated by comparing the carrier waves with the reference wave) are 26, but the number of the subject switches are 6. Overall, two PWM pulses are required for each cell, that is, these face switches function are formed by a combination of twenty six PWMs which eventually results in the output voltage in state of three cells. The carrier waves for a 27-level inverter are illustrated in Fig. 5. According to Fig. 4, cell 3 with 9 dcV in input voltage is an H-Bridge inverter, applied for the 3-level output voltage. Here, switching of cell1 where combined PWM generated from carriers is applied. The whole command blocks of all three cells are drawn in Fig. 4. S1 S3 S4S2 X1 X2 y1 y2 Cell 2cell 1 1S  3S  4S  2S  z1 z2 Cell 3 1S  3S  4S  2S  3 dcVdcV 9 dcV Fig. 4- The control blocks of the three inverter cells to generate 27-level output Fig. 5- The carrier waves for a 27-level inverter In this switching, it is assumed that S1, S4, 1S , 4S , 1S and 4S are the subjects of the command. If the PWMs of the positive carriers in coordinate axes are named as P1-P13 and the negative coordinate axes are named as q1-q13, then, the switches state to provide cell1, cell2 and cell3 for different levels would be presented as tabulated in Table (1). In this table, the sign (-) denoted OFF and the sign (+) denotes ON. When the diode is in parallel and inverse position, the switch is assumed ON state. When the output voltage level reaches upper than +V or less than –V, the output of cell3 would be ±3Vdc hence, the obtained PWM from carrier of the same level is applied to high voltage cell. As observed in Table 1, in order for the z1 and z2 commands, Fig. 4, to have a 3-level voltage in cell3, p5 and q5 become applicable, Eqs. (7 and 8). (7)1 5z p (8)2 5z q To obtain the combined equation of PWMs, for the cell2, the 1S in the positive coordinate axes, any change in switching situation of the PWM subject are added with respect to their signs. If in the negative coordinate the voltage levels are sought, any change in switching situation of the PWM subject are deducted that is. On the other hand, the total status change of the ps and negative of qs constitute the general equation for 1S switch through the following equation:
  • 5. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 56 | P a g e (9)1 2 11 8 5 5y p p q p q     To command 4S switch, the PWMs symmetric of switching in Eq. (9) are applied. In fact, this symmetry is the difference of 180˚ between 4S and 1S command and the ps in Eq. (9) are converted to qs in Eq. (10) and vice versa. Therefore, the PWM control equation for the S4 is presented as: Eq. (10). Cell1 switching function is achieved in accordance with this procedure. These functions are according to Eqs. (11, 12) (10)2 2 11 8 5 5y q q p q p     (11)1 1 4 7 10 13 3 6 9 12 2 5 8 11 2 5 8 11 x p p p p p q q q q p p p p q q q q                  (12)2 1 4 7 10 13 3 6 9 12 2 5 8 11 2 5 8 11 x q q q q q p p p p q q q q p p p p                  Table 1- general switching states of the 27-level output Output voltage4S 1S Cell 34S 1S Cell 24S1SCell 1PWM 13Vdc++9 dcV++3 dcV++dcVP13 12Vdc++9 dcV++3 dcV+-0P12 11Vdc++9 dcV++3 dcV--dcVP11 10Vdc++9 dcV+-0++dcVP10 9Vdc++9 dcV+-0-+0P9 8Vdc++9 dcV+-0--dcVP8 7Vdc++9 dcV--3 dcV++dcVP7 6Vdc++9 dcV--3 dcV+-0P6 5Vdc++9 dcV--3 dcV--dcVP5 4Vdc+-0++3 dcV++dcVP4 3Vdc+-0++3 dcV-+0P3 2Vdc+-0++3 dcV--dcVP2 Vdc+-0-+0++dcVP1 0+-0-+0+-00 -Vdc+-0-+0--dcV1q -2Vdc+-0--3 dcV++dcV2q -3Vdc+-0--3 dcV-+03q -4Vdc+-0--3 dcV--dcV4q -5Vdc--9 dcV++3 dcV++dcV5q -6Vdc--9 dcV++3 dcV+-06q -7Vdc--9 dcV++3 dcV--dcV7q -8Vdc--9 dcV+-0++dcV8q -9Vdc--9 dcV+-0-+09q -10Vdc--9 dcV+-0--dcV10q -11Vdc--9 dcV--3 dcV++dcV11q -12Vdc--9 dcV--3 dcV+-012q -13Vdc--9 dcV--3 dcV--dcV13q III. SIMULATION RESULTS The first paragraph under each heading or subheading should be flush left, and subsequent paragraphs should have a five-space indentation. A colon is inserted before an equation is presented, but there is no punctuation following the equation. All equations are numbered and referred to in the text solely by a number enclosed in a round bracket (i.e., (3) reads as "equation 3"). Ensure that any miscellaneous numbering system you use in your paper cannot be confused with a reference [4] or an equation (3) designation.In the simulation, we perform on the 27-level inverter each of the three methods, SHE, NLC and SPWM. The input dc voltage in cell1 is 30v. In SHE method for optimization the amount of THD is used from GA; such that, Eq. (4) is satisfied and Eq. (6) is the lowest. The switching angles obtained from theoretical THD and simulated THD are tabulated
  • 6. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 57 | P a g e in table (2); fitness value of GA for finding the best value of THD in its statistics society shows in Fig. (6); the output 27-level voltage and its harmonic orders switched by SHE method in Simulink illustrate in Fig. 7. The simulation result is very close to theoretical THD. Table 2- The simulation and theoretical THD with switching angles (degree) obtained from GA Simulation THD (%) Theoretical THD (%) 12345678910111213 2.982.9282.296.8711.115.520.124.329.535.140.246.152.561.371.6 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 5 10 15 Generation Fitnessvalue Best: 2.92803 Mean: 2.94824 Best fitness Mean fitness Fig. 6- Fitness values of GA for finding THD 0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.02 -400 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 1 2 3 4 5 Harmonic order Fundamental (50Hz) = 394.7 , THD= 2.98% Mag(%ofFundamental) Fig 7- The output 27-level voltage and its harmonic orders switched by SHE method The voltage levels are chosen nearest to the reference voltage for implementation of NLC method on 27-level asymmetric CHB. Output voltage of each cell in test system, output of 27-level inverter switched with this method and its harmonic orders illustrate in Fig. 8.
  • 7. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 58 | P a g e 0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.02 -400 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 5 10 15 Harmonic order Fundamental (50Hz) = 390.4 , THD= 3.04% Mag(%ofFundamental) Fig 8- The output 27-level voltage and its harmonic orders switched by NLC When carrier waves in Fig. 5 are implemented on 27-level inverter (Fig. 4) and PWMs are combined within Eqs. (7-12), we have 27-level voltage in output. This phenomenon in multi-carrier method is the opposite and as observed in Fig. 9, the best function of THD when the ma close to one and the mf is odd. The volumes of the modulation and frequency indexes applied in the previous simulation are illustrated in Fig. 9. The 27-level output voltage in the best condition found from Fig. 9 illustrate in Fig.10; switching frequency is 1150 and modulation index is 1.03. Obviously, the first harmonic distortion falls on 23 and output THD is close to 4%. The multicarrier method has an acceptable range of THD (less than 5%); although have worse result in compare two other methods. This method is online and by changing reference wave can be used for closed-loop systems. But SHE and NLC are offline method and they’re not applicable for these systems. 16 18 20 22 0.92 0.94 0.96 0.98 1 1.02 1.04 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 Frequency index Modulation index THD Fig 9- Comparison of output voltage THD at different mfs per ma in SPWM
  • 8. Comparison of Switching Methods for Asymmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter International organization of Scientific Research 59 | P a g e 0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.02 -400 -200 0 200 400 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 5 10 15 Harmonic order Fundamental (50Hz) = 394.5 , THD= 4.04% Mag(%ofFundamental) Fig 9-The output voltage of 27-leveland its harmonic components in SPWM method IV. CONCLUSION A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, and possible applications of the paper. Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest applications and extensions. In asymmetric CHB topology the number of the applied inverter units in forming multi-level voltage decreases significantly. The switching method of this topology becomes complicated due to a reduction in the subject switch count. Result shows that although The SHE and NLC methods have the best THD for staircase output voltage closed to 3% in 27-level inverter, they are Off-Line method; they’re not applicant for closed-loop systems. In multi-carrier method for this topology the number of carriers is more than the subject switches. Combined PWM method is proposed to make the multi-level output voltage for asymmetric inverter efficient in medium voltage drives. Results indicate that this approach has an appropriate harmonic function and respect to its Online nature it is advantages to two other switching method for asymmetric multi-level inverter. REFERENCES [1] Rodriguez J., Lai J. S.and Peng F. Z., ―Multilevel Inverters: Survey of Topologies, Controls, and Applications,‖ IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 49, no. 4, Aug. 2002, pp. 724-738. [2] Hammond P., ―A new approach to enhance power quality for medium voltage ac drives,‖ IEEE Trans. Ind. Applica., vol. 33, pp. 202–208,Jan./Feb. 1997. [3] Rodriguez, J.; Bernet, S.; Bin Wu; Pontt, J.O.; Kouro, S., "Multilevel Voltage-Source-Converter Topologies for Industrial Medium-Voltage Drives," Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.54, no.6, pp.2930,2945, Dec. 2007. [4] Abu-Rub H., Holtz J., Rodriguez. J., Baoming G., ―Medium-Voltage Multilevel Converters—State of the Art, Challenges, and Requirements inIndustrial Applications‖ IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, vol. 57, no. 8, August 2010. [5] Bin Wu, High-Power Converters and AC Drives (New York: IEEE Press/Wiley Interscience, 2006). [6] Tolbert, L.M.; Chiasson, J.N.; Zhong Du; McKenzie, K.J., ―Elimination of harmonics in a multilevel converter with nonequal DC sources,‖ Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on , vol.41, no.1, pp.75,82, Jan.-Feb. 2005. [7] Holmes, D.G. and T.A Lipo, Pulse Width Modulation for Power Converter: Principles and Practice (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2003). [8] Bose BK. Modern power electronics and AC drives (NJ, USA: Prentice Hall; 2001). [9] Angulo, M.; Lezana, P.; Kouro, S.; Rodriguez, J.; Bin Wu, ―Level-shifted PWM for Cascaded Multilevel Inverters with Even Power Distribution,‖ Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2007. PESC2007. IEEE, vol., no., pp.2373, 2378, 17-21 June 2007. [10] Palanivel, P.; Dash, S.S., ―Analysis of THD and output voltage performance for cascaded multilevel inverter using carrier pulse width modulation techniques,‖ Power Electronics, IET, vol.4, no.8, pp.951, 958, September 2011.
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