Arduino-Based Three-Phase Inverter Using Power MOSFET for Application in Microgrid Systems

Abstract

Rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves, and concerns over climate change have encouraged power generation from sustainable energy based microgrids. And to address the necessity of three-phase inverters in microgrid systems or sustainable-powered households, an Arduino-based three-phase inverter using MOSFET is designed, which converts DC into three-phase AC power. The designed system generates 223V square signals at each phase from a 12V battery through switching of three stages of power MOSFETs using pulse width modulation (PWM) signals at their gates from an Arduino Uno. Each stage of power MOSFETs consists of six transistors making it eighteen in total, which are used to perform the inversion process separately for each three single-phase connections. The system is programmed using an Arduino Uno to generate PWM signals and to keep 120 degrees phase displacement among each phase. Three step-up transformers are coupled at the outputs of MOSFET stages for amplification. The system generates 386.25V of voltage for the three-phase line delivering 0.58A of current using a 60W incandescent bulb at each phase as a load. The design and simulation of the electronic circuit are done by Proteus, and the programming codes are written using Arduino IDE. The designed system is practically contrasted and verified.