A Novel Single Stage Standalone Five Level MLI Topology Scheme Having Battery as Energy Storage Element for Rural Deployment

Multilevel inverters (MLI) have made a good vibe in industry and research areas. The classical MLI topologies are authenticated to be reasonable substitute in the vast range of medium and high power applications. In this paper, a new single phase five level MLI topology is proposed for renewable energy applications. The proposed inverter is derived from the classical cascaded H-bridge MLI topology with reduced component count. Hence, the voltage contrast and rating, cost, weight, and control complexity are curtailed. The topology is examined through simulations and authenticated with hardware implementation. A comprehensive comparison of proposed MLI is made against the classical MLI topologies.