Abstract
ABSTRACT In this paper, some recently proposed multilevel power converters are investigated for their fault-tolerant capabilities and improved reliability. These reported topologies are generally reduced device multilevel inverter (RD-MLIs) configurations that cannot tolerate switch failures due to absence of redundant states. Present work therefore aims to incorporate open-circuit fault-tolerant capability by adding few redundant states in switching sequences of existing topologies. The work in this paper objectively presents two existing topologies of five-level and seven-level Multi-Level Inverters (MLIs) modified for fault-tolerant (FT) capability against single switch open-circuit (OC) faults. The modification for fault-tolerant feature (FT-MLI) has intrinsic self-voltage balancing capability, low cost and control simplicity. The modified FT-MLI uses multi-carrier sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM) technique to generate control switching pulses as per desired switching sequences. Simulation and experimental results of these modified FT-MLI topologies under healthy, faulty and post-fault mode are presented and discussed. Experimental results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of these modified FT-MLI topologies which are suitable for safety-critical applications.
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