• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.162-166
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• 2008

This paper presents the design and implementation of a 5kW programmable three-phase harmonic generator, which is capable of generating sinusoidal output voltages with adjustable output amplitude and frequency over a wide range as well as arbitrary waveforms. The considered harmonic generator is a linear power amplifier type. This system consists mainly of a power converter to generate and amplify waveform signals, a controller to control the desired output signal and measure the output parameters including voltage and current, and a control program to set the desired output and display the output values. The prototype programmable three-phase harmonic generator has been constructed and tested. Test results show that the developed programmable three-phase harmonic generator performs well.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.261-270
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• 2015

In this paper, the Optimal Harmonic Stepped Waveform (OHSW) method is proposed in order to eliminate the selective harmonic orders available at the output of cascaded multilevel inverter (CMLI) fed by solar photovoltaic (SPV). This technique is used to solve the harmonic elimination equations based on stepped waveform analysis in order to obtain the optimal switching angles which in turn reduce the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). The OHSW method considers the output voltage waveform as four equal symmetries in each half cycle. In the proposed method, a solar fed fifteen level cascaded multilevel is considered where the magnitude of six numbers of harmonic orders is reduced. A programmable pulse generator is developed to carry the switching angles directly to the semiconductor switches obtained as a result of OHSW analysis. Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink in which a separate model is developed for solar photovoltaic which serves as the input for cascaded multilevel inverter. A 3kWp solar plant with multilevel inverter system is implemented in hardware to show the effectiveness of the proposed system. Based on the observation the OHSW method provides the reduced THD thereby improving power quality in renewable energy applications.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.288-295
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• 2010

멀티레벨 인버터는 대용량 전력변환 분야의 요구를 만족하면서 파형왜곡을 감소시켜 전력품질 향상시킬 수 있으므로 근래에 상당히 주목받고 있다. 그런데 전압레벨이 증가함에 따라 복잡한 PWM 알고리즘을 구현하는데 FPGA가 적합하다. 본 논문에서는 FPGA로 5-레벨 다이오드 클램핑형 멀티레벨 인버터의 PWM 신호발생 기법을 제시한다. 유도전동기 제어용 DSP와 FPGA사이에 3상 기준전압 값을 안정되게 전송하는 기법을 제시한다. 32-비트 DSP와 cyclone-III FPGA를 사용한 실험 및 시뮬레이션을 통하여 반송신호 발생 방법으로 PWM 신호를 발생시키는 기법의 타당성을 검증한다.