MAJOR PROJECT

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PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF MULTILEVEL INVERTER USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

This project attempts to reduce the harmonic components of the output voltage of an inverter hence ensuring better quality of power. Here we intend to use Genetic Algorithm that reduces significantly the computational burden resulting in fast convergence

Single-phase, full-bridge inverter

SQUARE-WAVE INVERTER T1 D1 + VO IO T4 D2 T2 D4 T3 D3

VDC

EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT S1 S3

S4

S2

Simulink has been used to simulate a Full Bridge Inverter & Total harmonic Distortion is shown. Later the output

of the inverter is improved by decreasing the Total Harmonic

Distortion using Pulse Width Modulation method and

the circuit is simulated using simulink.

Simulation

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

1 M1

Modulating Waveform

Carrier waveform

Vdc 2
0
t0 t1 t 2

t3 t 4 t 5

Vdc 2

Simulation

Things to be worked on in the coming days :1. Study and implement Multilevel inverter Topology.

2. Study Genetic Algorithm & write a Matlab code for it.

3. Use GA to further reduce total harmonic distortion &

better the inverter Output.

Thank You