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Mathematical formulation of multicarrier PWM techniques and design an eleven-level modular multilevel inverter to improve power quality

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This paper presents a design of modular multilevel inverter (MMI) using multicarrier PWM (MCPWM) techniques to improve the power quality. The proposed research work explores with the solar fed single phase eleven level inverter and modeling of MCPWM. MMI is designed and developed by employing the modulation techniques for generating the higher output voltage amplitude with several output levels. MCPWM is used for generating switching pulses for the proposed 11-level inverter. The level shifting MCPWM technique is used in this work to investigate a multilevel inverter with equal DC sources. The modeling of modulation approaches is set up in MATLAB/Simulink, and the same findings are tested experimentally to establish the schemes' practicality.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, AMET Deemed to be University, Kanathur, Chennai, 603112, India

    Gnanavel Chinnaraj

  2. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Erode - 638012, India

    Vanchinathan Kumarasamy & Gokul Chandrasekaran

  3. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, India

    Muthukumar Paramasivan

  4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India

    Neelam Sanjeev Kumar

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Chinnaraj, G., Kumarasamy, V., Paramasivan, M. et al. Mathematical formulation of multicarrier PWM techniques and design an eleven-level modular multilevel inverter to improve power quality. Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag 14, 1218–1227 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-023-01926-z

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