Low Frequency Operation and dsPIC Micro-controller Implementation for Multilevel Quasi Z Source Inverter in Photovoltaic Application

Authors

  • Salman Ahmad Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India
  • Rahim Uddin Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India
  • Zahoor Ahmad Ganie Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India
  • Ahmed Sharique Anees Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India
  • Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3743

Keywords:

Quasi-z source inverter, PIC microcontroller, pulse width modulation, multilevel inverter, solar photovoltaic, shoot through (ST) state.

Abstract

In this paper implementation of a micro-controller based pulse width modulation for multilevel quasi Z source inverter (qZSI) is presented. First implementation of component design of qZSI is taken into consideration with continuous and discontinuous operation mode. In this paper operation of multilevel qZSI with low switching frequency is presented. After this detailed modelling for qZSI is established for implementing of PIC microcontroller (PIC 16F877A) to generate the switching signals. Development ofa five-level quasi z-source inverter prototype is done and by proper adjustment of the shoot through (ST) switching state and non-shoot through (NST) switching state the control signal to the gate drivers is applied. Effective implementation of the proposed scheme is shown by the hardware result.

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Author Biographies

Salman Ahmad, Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India

Salman Ahmad received the B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in 2010 and M.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in 2012, the Ph.D. degree from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2020. He is currently an Assistant Professor of electrical engineering with Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora, India. He has published more than 25 technical papers in different journals and conference proceedings and contributed three book chapters in edited books published by Elsevier USA and Springer Nature Singapore respectively. He received 4 research grants from various government agencies. His current research interests include Power converters, PWM techniques, multilevel and multiphase converter, variable speed drives and renewable energy systems.

Rahim Uddin, Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India

Rahim Uddin received the BE degree in Electrical Engineering from RTM Nagpur University in 2013 and M Tech degree in Power electronics from NIT Calicut in 2017. He was working as assistant professor at Islamic university of science and technology Awantipora under TEQIP-III. He is pursuing Phd from NIT Srinagar. His research interests include high power converters and multilevel topology and ac-dc matrix converters.

Zahoor Ahmad Ganie, Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India

Zahoor Ahmad Ganie received the B.E degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India, in 2006, M. Tech degree in Electrical Power and Energy Systems from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India in 2017. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India. His research interests include Pulse Width Modulation, Electric Machine Drives, modeling and control of Voltage Source Inverters, Multilevel inverters, power semiconductor devices.

Ahmed Sharique Anees, Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, India

Ahmed Sharique Anees received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, in 2017. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India. He has been awarded two sponsored research projects in the area of renewable energy systems, Ground source heating system and published/presented more than 14 research papers in reputed international and national journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include solar photovoltaic, renewable energy and distributed generation.

Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India

Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh received Diploma and B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India in 2006 and 2010, respectively. He was awarded University Medal (Gold) for standing first throughout Diploma in Electrical Engineering. He has been awarded first position in SPOTLIGHT and third position in overall solar conference during cognizance 2010 in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Then he pursued Masters in Power System and Drives from the Aligarh Muslim University. In Masters he secured first position in his branch. He delivered a number of Keynote talks, at National and International level in conferences, workshops, STC, etc. He has more than 50 published papers in International reputed Journals, International and National reputed Conferences. He has two granted patent in his credit. His research area of interests includes Performance Analysis of Variable Frequency Transformer and Application of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Systems.

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Published

2022-04-25

How to Cite

Ahmad, S., Uddin, R., Ganie, Z. A., Anees, A. S., & Bakhsh, F. I. (2022). Low Frequency Operation and dsPIC Micro-controller Implementation for Multilevel Quasi Z Source Inverter in Photovoltaic Application. Distributed Generation &Amp; Alternative Energy Journal, 37(4), 929–958. https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3743

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