Abstract: In this paper a new symmetrical seven level multilevel inverter is proposed. The input source for the
multilevel inverter is a series combination of three PV arrays. In this paper we compare the outputs of three
phase bridge inverter and seven level multilevel inverter for input of a PV system. Here two cases are
considered. In first case, PV module output is applied to three phase full bridge inverter. In second case, PV
module output is applied to symmetrical seven level inverter. The more the number of PV modules the more the
number of voltage levels, the more faithful......
Keywords: Symmetrical seven level inverter, PV module, pulse width modulation (PWM), three phase bridge
inverter, total harmonic distortion (THD), power quality, multilevel inverter (MLI).
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