Advance electrical power networks are dominated by power electronic converters as these converters convert electrical power one form to another, e.g., DC-AC, DC-DC, AC-DC, and AC-AC. Since sustainable energy sources generate DC power, the voltage source inverter is widely adopted for DC-AC power conversion. As its peak AC output is always lacked behind the DC voltage source thus it always operates in buck mode. Thus, an additional DC-DC boost converter is connected to boost the output voltage at the desired level which ultimately increases the size and cost of the inverter system.
Papers:
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Ho, A.V.; Chun, T.W. Modified Capacitor-Assisted Z-Source Inverter Topology with Enhanced Boost Ability. Journal of Power Electronics 2017, 17, 1195–1202
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