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Fuzzy PI Control of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Multilevel Current Source Inverter

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Multilevel inverters are most popular in power converter applications due to reduced dv/dt, di/dt stress upon the switches and reduced harmonics. This paper suggests a circuit configuration of multilevel current source inverter with single-rating inductor topology. The proposed nine-level current source inverter has been tested under symmetrical and asymmetrical modes of operation for different loads, and their operations are compared using PI and fuzzy PI controllers with multicarrier PWM strategy. MATLAB/Simulink simulation has been carried out for the proposed inverter to obtain its performance measures.

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Abbreviations

VSI:

Voltage source inverter

CSI:

Current source inverter

MVSI:

Multilevel voltage source inverter

MCSI:

Multilevel current source inverter

PWM:

Pulse width modulation

ASD:

Adjustable speed drives

PID:

Proportional–integral–derivative

POD:

Phase opposition disposition

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India

    Devaraj Tamilarasi

  2. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sasurie Acadamy of Engineering, Coimbatore, 641653, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. S. Sivakumaran

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Tamilarasi, D., Sivakumaran, T.S. Fuzzy PI Control of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Multilevel Current Source Inverter. Int. J. Fuzzy Syst. 20, 426–443 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40815-017-0352-8

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