%0 Journal Article
%T A Novel Single-Phase Multi string Multilevel Inverter Topology for Distributed Energy Resources
%A 1K.Ganesan
%A 2G.Ilangovan
%A 3P.Immanuel Dinesh Paul
%A Dr. Mahesh Manivanna Kumar
%J International Journal of Engineering Research
%V 3
%N 4
%P 206-208
%D 2014
%I IJER
%X In the micro grid system, the distributed energy 
resource (DER)-based single-phase inverter is usually adopted. 
In order to reduce conversion losses, the key is to save costs 
and size by removing any kind of transformer as well as 
reducing the power devices. The objective of this paper is to 
study a novel nine-level Multistring inverter topology for 
DERs-based dc/ac conversion system. In this study, a high 
step-up converter is introduced as a front-end stage to improve 
the conversion efficiency of conventional boost converters and 
to stabilize the output dc voltage of various DERs such as 
photovoltaic and fuel cell modules for use with the simplified 
multilevel inverter. The simplified multilevel inverter requires 
only four active switches and eight such cascaded H-bridge 
multilevel inverters. The studied Multistring inverter topology 
offers strong advantages such as improved output waveforms.
%K DC/AC power conversion
%K multilevel inverter
%U http://www.ijer.in/ijer/publication/v3s4/IJER_2014_404.pdf