Abstract

Recently, multilevel inverters have attracted the attention of different electric transportation industries due to the possibility of increasing the dc-link voltage. Flying Capacitor (FC) multilevel inverter is an efficient structure that does not need different dc sources and is therefore suitable for electric vehicle applications. Moreover, Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a well-known control strategy for different electric drive systems like induction machines. However, MPC of electrical machines supplied with a multilevel FC inverter has not been investigated yet.