Neutral-point-clamped multilevel converters are currently a suitable solution for a wide
range of applications. It is well known that the capacitor voltage balance is a major issue for …

The industry and academia are focusing their efforts on finding more efficient and reliable
electrical machines and motor drives. However, many of the motors driven by pulse-width …

Recently, renewable energy is considered a vital source for electricity generation that aims
to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions acquired from fossil fuels. Concentrated solar power …

This article proposes an intensive study for common-mode voltage (CMV)
elimination/reduction in a five-level dual T-type multilevel converter (MLC) drive. An …

Direct torque control (DTC) is a widely used approach for motor drives due to its distinctive
advantages, eg, fast dynamic response and highly robust against motor parameters …

The solar power tower (SPT) is an effective thermal renewable energy source aiming to
absorb direct sunbeams on a central collector using thousands of electrical drive-based …

Model predictive control (MPC) for multilevel converter has a multi-term cost function that
requires high computation burden. In this paper, the deviation terms considered are …