Multilevel Inverters Control Methods and Advanced Power Electronic Applications

Multilevel Inverters: Control Methods and Power Electronics Applications provides a suite of powerful control methods for conventional and emerging inverter topologies instrumentalized in power electronics applications. It introduces readers to the conventional pulse width modulation control of multilevel voltage source inverter topologies before moving through more advanced approaches including hysteresis control, proportional resonance control, and model predictive control. Later chapters survey the power electronics connection between device topologies and control methods, particularly focusing on conversion in renewable energy systems, electric vehicles, static VAR compensators and solid-state transformers.

1. Introduction to Multilevel Inverters
2. Pulse Width Modulation and Control Methods for Multilevel Inverters
3. Hysteresis Control Methods
4. Proportional Resonance Control
5. Model Predictive Control of Multilevel Diode-Clamped Converters
6. Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Converters
7. Multilevel Converters for Renewable Energy Systems
8. Multilevel Inverter Applications for Electric Vehicle Drives
9. STATCOM and D-STATCOM with Multilevel Inverters
10. Solid State Transformers with Multilevel Inverters

Ersan Kabalci is Department Head of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nevsehir University, Turkey. He received his MSc and PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Gazi University, Turkey, where his research focused on implementing an enhanced modulation scheme for multilevel inverters. Dr. Kabalci also serves as an Associate Editor for several international indexed journals and as a reviewer for more than 25 international journals on power electronics and renewable energy sources. His current research interests include power electronic applications and drives for renewable energy sources, microgrids, distributed generation, power line communication, and smart grid applications. He has been a member of the IEEE since 2009.