<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>10</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rabiaa Mechouma</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boubekeur Azoui</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sabir Ouchen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fundamental frequency PWM control of IGBT clamped three phase nine levels inverter topology for photovoltaic system</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">51st International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC2016)</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.upec2016.com</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"> Coimbra,  Portugal</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coimbra,  Portugal</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;b&gt;The multilevel multi-string inverter has gained much attention in recent years due to its advantages in lower switching loss, better electromagnetic compatibility, higher voltage capability, and lower harmonic distortion.&amp;nbsp; Solar Energy is one of the favorable renewable energy resources and the multilevel inverter has been proven to be one of the important enabling technologies in photovoltaic (PV) utilization.&amp;nbsp; As the number of levels increases, it is important to control more switches in parallel with their concurrent processing capability.&amp;nbsp; This paper proposes an IGBT clamped three phase nine levels photovoltaic inverter topology with a multicarrier dual reference pulse-width modulated (PWM) control scheme. &amp;nbsp;Four carrier waves of the fundamental frequency and different amplitudes are compared with two references (a sine wave and its opposite) for generating the control signals of the switches.&amp;nbsp; Some DC/DC boost converters are used to amplify the voltage produced by the photovoltaic generators. &amp;nbsp;Each of these converters is controlled by an MPPT algorithm in order to track the maximum power point of the GPV. &amp;nbsp;Results of simulation in Matlab environment are given and discussed.&lt;/b&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>