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ArticleScientific reports2026

Selective harmonic elimination in T-type multilevel inverter with reduced switch count using Sea-Horse Algorithm.

Abadal-Salam T Hussain, Taha Almulaisi, Hazry Desa, Enes Bektaş, Ravi Sekhar, Pritesh Shah, Ahmed Dheyaa Radhi, Noor N Abed, S B Yaakob

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Abadal-Salam T HussainDepartment of Medical Instrumentation Techniques Engineering, Technical Engineering College, Al-Kitab University, Altun Kupri, Kirkuk, 36001, Iraq.
Taha AlmulaisiRenewable Energy Research Unit, Polytechnic College Hawija, Northern Technical University, Hawija, 36007, Iraq. t360pi@gmail.com.
Hazry DesaCentre of Excellence for Unmanned Aerial Systems (COE-UAS), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia.
Enes BektaşDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Türkiye.
Ravi SekharSymbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Pune Campus, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune, 412115, India. Ravi.sekhar@sitpune.edu.in.
Pritesh ShahSymbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Pune Campus, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune, 412115, India. pritesh.shah@sitpune.edu.in.
Ahmed Dheyaa RadhiCollege of Pharmacy, University of Al-Ameed, PO Box 198, Karbala, Iraq.
Noor N AbedTechnical College of Engineering, Al-Bayan University, Baghdad, 10011, Iraq.
S B YaakobFaculty of Electrical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia.

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Multi-level inverters (MLIs) are also used in relatively high-power systems; but the goals of low overall harmonic distortion (THD) and fewer power semiconductor devices remain a design issue of serious difficulty. Despite using different metaheuristic optimization methods to selective harmonic elimination (SHE), there are still drawbacks in convergence stability, finding accurate solutions, and the ability of the method to suppress harmonic. The proposed study will have a three-stage, 9-level, and reduced-switch-count T-type multilevel inverter design with pulse width modulation (PWM) and selective harmonic elimination (SHE). The equations of the nonlinear SHE switching angle are optimized with an objective of reducing harmonic distortion within basic voltage limitations over a broad modulation index depth (0.1–1.0). A fairly recent algorithm is the Sea-Horse Optimization (SHO) used to calculate the optimal switching angles of the SHE-PWM setup. The application of SHO is relatively compared with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Genetic Algorithm (GA). The simulation outcomes show that SHO is better in harmonic suppression and convergence is more stable. At M 1, SHO has a THDe of 0.03%, which is dramatically better than GA (0.19%) and PSO. The findings prove that the balance mechanism of exploration-exploitation and the search strategy of SHO which uses the Levy-flight mechanism promotes the improvement of optimization robustness. The suggested SHO-based SHE-PWM method enhances the quality of power and the number of switches is kept less providing a relevant and effective solution to a high-level multilevel inverter.

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Local searchMultilevel invertersReduced switch countSeahorse optimizer (SHO)Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE)Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

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