Comparative Study between Different Modulation Strategies for Five Levels NPC Topology Inverter

Noureddine Ould Cherchali, Abdelhalim Tlemçani, Mohemed Seghire Boucherit, Linda Barazane

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DOI: 10.4236/epe.2011.33035                

Abstract

The object of this paper is the study of various modulation strategies applied to the five-level inverter neutral-point-clamped NPC topology. Firstly we presented the structure of the voltage inverter three-phase five-level NPC topology. After that we model the inverter and the inverter are controlled by different strategies and then we made a comparative study between the results given by different strategies.

Keywords

Multilevel, Five Levels, NPC, SHEPWM, SPWM, Hysteresis Control

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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