Research Article

A Genetic-Based Hybrid Algorithm Harmonic Minimization Method for Cascaded Multilevel Inverters with ANFIS Implementation

Table 1

THD% and DF2% comparison for regular and 7-firing angle (with one notch in the second voltage level and one notch in the third voltage level) switching for M equal to 0.81.

MRegular switchingSeven-firing angle switching
THD%DF2%THD%DF2%

0.08339.43133.27121.9949.01
0.2109.87104.9439.286.59
0.2880.7951.0643.015.89
0.45.8124.6822.722.79
0.4840.0926.9816.221.74
0.640.1021.5011.431.29
0.6831.0110.7811.971.69
0.825.338.078.450.89
0.8844.4529.969.001.29
157.10110.7918.0328.7