Hybrid multilevel inverter with single DC source

Author

Liu, Haiwen ; Tolbert, Leon M. ; Ozpineci, Burak ; Du, Zhong

Author_Institution

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

fYear

2008

fDate

10-13 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

538

Lastpage

541

Abstract

A hybrid multilevel inverter model based on PSIM and MATLAB/SIMULINK is presented in this paper. It consists of a standard 3-leg inverter (one leg for each phase) and H-bridge in series with each inverter leg. The inverter can be used in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and electric vehicles (EV). The co-simulation model is employed in order to take full advantage of different power electronics simulation software. Specifically, the main circuit model is developed using PSIM, and the control model is developed using MATLAB/SIMULINK. An experimental 5-level hybrid inverter is tested, which is controlled by multilevel carrier-based PWM signals. The simulation yields a good estimation for the test results of the inverter.

Keywords

PWM invertors; circuit simulation; hybrid electric vehicles; power electronics; MATLAB/SIMULINK; PSIM; PWM signals; five-level hybrid inverter; hybrid electric vehicles; hybrid multilevel inverter; hybrid multilevel inverterco-simulation model; hybrid multilevel inverterelectric vehicles; multilevel carrier; power electronics simulation software; single DC source; three-leg inverter; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Hybrid electric vehicles; Leg; Mathematical model; Power electronics; Pulse width modulation inverters; Switches; Topology; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2008. MWSCAS 2008. 51st Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

ISSN

1548-3746

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2166-4

Electronic_ISBN

1548-3746

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616855

Filename

4616855