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Abstract
Renewable energy sources and technologies have the potential to provide solutions to the long-standing energy problems being faced by developing countries. The renewable energy sources like wind energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy, biomass energy and fuel cell technology can be used to overcome energy shortage in India. This paper proposes a modified multi-level inverter (MLI) topology for Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources (HRES) and a design of hybrid solar-wind power generation model with 9-level, 13-level and 17-level inverter topologies. A HRES connected to a modified Cascaded H-Bridge Multi Level Inverter (CHB-MLI) is developed, whose switches are controlled using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model. The proposed hybrid energy system model consists of 10 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) that intend to give 17 levels of output voltage. The proposed topology performs effectively with reduced number of components and reduced Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). The performance of the proposed system is analyzed by designing the model in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The simulation results of the proposed inverter for the HRES application are compared with the results of the existing topologies to show the effectiveness of the proposed model.
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Mamatha Sandhu
Mamatha Sandhu is an associate professor from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chitkara University, Punjab Campus-India. Her primary research interests are in the field of power electronics. Specifically, she is interested in renewable energy resources such as solar and wind energy systems, power systems, multilevel inverters, grid integration and power quality such as FACTS devices, STATCOM, C, C++ and MATLAB/SIMULINK. She has published more than 25 research papers in national & international journals and conferences. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in power electronics from the field of electrical engineering. She is a member of professional bodies like ISTE, IEEE & ISGF(Indian Smart Grid Forum).
Tilak Thakur
Tilak Thakur is a professor and head Department of Electrical Engineering PEC Chandigarh, India, 26 years teaching experience, 155 papers, 7 PhD guided, published book on mechatronic by oxford university press, visited the UK, China and Thailand for academic purposes. His area of research interests is in the field of power electronics, smart grid, renewable energy resources such as solar and wind energy systems, power systems, multilevel inverters and grid integration. He is a member of professional bodies like ISTE, IEEE & ISGF (Indian Smart Grid Forum), etc. E-mail: [email protected]