A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications

Tohid Rahimi; Ehsan Pashajavid; Mehdi Fallah; Josep Pou; Ali Arefi; Ka Hong Loo

doi:10.1109/AUPEC52110.2021.9597763

A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications

Tohid Rahimi, Ehsan Pashajavid, Mehdi Fallah, Josep Pou, Ali Arefi, Ka Hong Loo

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Abstract

This paper presents a family of fault-tolerant single-phase inverter topology for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. The core structure is a 15-level inverter, consisting of two unidirectional switches, eight bidirectional switches, and six DC voltage sources. The proposed topology can facilitate realizing fault-tolerant multi-module inverters. If one of the power sources or semiconductor devices fails in one of the modules, the remaining modules can alternatively deliver all the expected voltage levels. Thus, this efficiently eliminates the possibility of UPS system failure for critical applications. The proposed topology is compared with the conventional 15-level inverters regarding the number of voltage sources, switches, and drivers to prove its advantages. The gate signals for the switches are produced employing the fundamental frequency switching technique. Further, the efficacy and performance of the proposed topology are supported with the simulation and experimental validations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021
Editors	Sumedha Rajakaruna, Ahmed Abu Siada, Ho Ching Iu, Arindam Ghosh, Tyrone Fernando
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665434515
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC52110.2021.9597763
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: Sept 26 2021 → Sept 30 2021

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021

Conference

Conference	31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Virtual, Online
Period	9/26/21 → 9/30/21

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Fuel Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Keywords

15-level inverter
Fault-tolerant structure
Multi-module inverter
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

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Rahimi, T., Pashajavid, E., Fallah, M., Pou, J., Arefi, A., & Loo, K. H. (2021). A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications. In S. Rajakaruna, A. A. Siada, H. C. Iu, A. Ghosh, & T. Fernando (Eds.), Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021 (Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC52110.2021.9597763

Rahimi, Tohid ; Pashajavid, Ehsan ; Fallah, Mehdi et al. / A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications. Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021. editor / Sumedha Rajakaruna ; Ahmed Abu Siada ; Ho Ching Iu ; Arindam Ghosh ; Tyrone Fernando. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. (Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021).

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Rahimi, T, Pashajavid, E, Fallah, M, Pou, J, Arefi, A & Loo, KH 2021, A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications. in S Rajakaruna, AA Siada, HC Iu, A Ghosh & T Fernando (eds), Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021. Proceedings of 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2021, Virtual, Online, Australia, 9/26/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC52110.2021.9597763

A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications. / Rahimi, Tohid; Pashajavid, Ehsan; Fallah, Mehdi et al.
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A Family of Fault-tolerant Single-phase 15-level Inverters for UPS Applications

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