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This article presents the detailed behavioral analysis of the reduced equation DC droop controller being adapted to the primitive high gain converter designed for DC loads. The article discusses the operation in its open and closed loop modes, voltage, and current control modes as part of the simulation study. The converter mode of operation is continuous in all. Graphical portrayals of statistical results describe the effectiveness of the controller against a standard proportional integral (PI) controller in time and frequency domain. The results substantiate that the DC droop control is superior in terms of efficiency, line regulation, dynamism, and current sharing and stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a new asymmetrical multilevel inverter with a reduced number of power electronic components. The proposed multilevel inverter is analyzed using two different configurations: i) First Configuration (with a switched diode) and ii) Second Configuration (without a switched diode). The presented topologies are compared with recent multilevel inverter topologies in terms of number of switches, gate driver circuits and blocking voltages. The proposed topologies can be cascaded to generate the maximum number of output voltage levels and they are suitable for high voltage applications. Various power quality issues are addressed for both of the configurations. The proposed 11-level inverter configuration is simulated using MATLAB and it is validated with a laboratory based experimental setup. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]