Genetic Algorithm Technique for 7-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter THD Minimization

Sarbanzadeh, Maryam; Hosseinzadeh, Mohammad Ali; Salehi, Ali; Rivera, Marco; Wheeler, Patrick

Abstract

Multilevel converters (especially cascaded H-bridge converters) have been widely applied to industrial applications, today. One of the main problems of multilevel converters is high magnitudes of total harmonics distortions which has an effect on the power quality of systems. In this paper, a genetic algorithm (GA) technique is applied for the minimization of total harmonic distortion (THD) for a 7-level cascaded H-bridge converter. By using the genetic algorithm, the best switching angles and the best voltage magnitudes for a 7-levels cascaded H-bridge converter are calculated for minimization of THD. Finally, the calculated angles are applied to simulation results to validate the approach performance.

Citation

Sarbanzadeh, M., Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Salehi, A., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2019, June). Genetic Algorithm Technique for 7-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter THD Minimization. Presented at 2019 IEEE 28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Vancouver, BC, Canada

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 2019 IEEE 28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)
• Start Date: Jun 12, 2019
• End Date: Jun 14, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Apr 3, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 3, 2019
• Publication Date: Jun 12, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 14, 2019
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• ISBN: 9781728136660
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/isie.2019.8781206
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2796905
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• Contract Date: Oct 10, 2019