Homework Assignment 5 EE499 Photovoltaic Energy

Consider the following for questions 1 and 2. In a Buck DC-DC converter, L = 30 µH. It is operating in DC steady

state under the following conditions: 𝑉 = 150 V, ∆𝑣 = 5 𝑉, D = 0.35, 𝑃 = 2000 W, and 𝑓 = 50 kHz. Assume ideal

components

Question 1:
Draw the waveforms for 𝑖 , 𝑣 , 𝑖 , and 𝑝 . Indicate all the values obtained by calculations.

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Question 2:

a) Estimate the value of the filter inductance that should be used if the converter is to remain in CCM at one-
third the maximum output power.

b) In this Buck converter, the output load is changing. Calculate the critical value of the output load 𝑃 below
which the converter will enter the discontinuous conduction mode of operation.

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c) Calculate the critical value of the inductance L such that this Buck converter remains in the continuous
conduction mode at and above 𝑃 = 100 W under all values of the input voltage 𝑉 in a range from 100V to 200

V.

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Question 3:
Connecting six BP 3230T solar panels (from question 1) in series will create a solar array with an output power of

6 ∗ 230 = 1380 𝑊, 𝑉 = 220 𝑉 DC and 𝐼 = 8.4 𝐴. Design a full-bridge DC/DC converter to connect the solar string

to a 3-phase gird tied inverter (line to line grid voltage 𝑉 = 208 𝑉, 60 Hz, and modulation scheme is SPWM).

Maximum Input Voltage: 𝑉 , = 40 𝑉 at 0℃

Output Voltage: 𝑉 = 400 𝑉

Maximum input current: 𝐼 = 9 𝐴 at 75℃

Switching frequency: 𝑓 = 200 𝑘𝐻𝑧

Maximum duty cycle: 𝐷 = 0.8

Transformer effective area: 𝐴 = 2.11 𝑐𝑚

Transformer winding area: 𝐴 = 2.69 𝑐𝑚

a) Minimum input voltage (V ,

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b) Frequency Selection(f )

c) Transformer ratio (n)

d) Transformer thermal resistance (R )

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e) Number of input turns if the temperature is 40°C (𝑁 )

(round down)

f) Output filter (𝐿 )

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g) Output Capacitor if the voltage ripple is limited to 0.25%𝑉 (𝐶 )

h) Blocking Capacitor (C )

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