Abstract
This study proposes a seven-level power conversion system for a solar power generation system. This seven-level power conversion system consists of a DC–DC power converter and a cascade DC–AC inverter. The cascade DC–AC inverter comprises a full-bridge inverter and a T-type inverter. The T-type inverter generates a three-level quasi-square-wave voltage and the full-bridge inverter provides a three-level high-frequency pulse voltage. The amplitude of the three-level quasi-square-wave voltage is double that of the three-level high-frequency pulse voltage, so seven levels of AC voltage are synthesized. Only the full-bridge inverter with lower DC bus voltage uses high-frequency switching so switching losses are effectively reduced. The novelty of the proposed cascade DC–AC inverter is that the output power of T-type inverter is controlled by regulating the DC bus voltage, so no real power is supplied from the full-bridge inverter and an independent power source is not required to provide power to the full-bridge inverter. The negative terminal voltage for solar cell array keeps almost constant to reduce the leakage current of proposed seven-level power conversion system. A hardware prototype with a digital signal processor controller is developed to verify the performance of seven-level power conversion system for a solar power generation system.
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