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Topology Evaluation of High Gain DC-DC Converters For Photovoltaic Application 1
Topology Evaluation of High Gain DC-DC Converters For Photovoltaic Application 1
Topology Evaluation of High Gain DC-DC Converters For Photovoltaic Application 1
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Abstract - The photovoltaic (PV) system has gained attention in recent days due to its non-polluting nature, easy availability
and high reliability compared to the conventional fossil fuels. But the output DC voltage from the PV source is very low and
hence a suitable power electronic converter is required. Various mixture of front end DC-DC converters have been
developed in the literature to achieve a high gain. But these topologies employ series connected configuration to extract
maximum power from PV. But this paper proposes a high gain Flying Capacitor Boost Converter (FLCBC) that achieves a
high gain at a low value of duty ratio. Moreover, this topology results in reduced voltage stress across the power switches,
reduced inductor size and high efficiency. The circuit configuration of the suggested topology is studied in
MATLAB/SIMULINK. The attractive feature of the proposed converter is compared with the boost converter and quadratic
boost converter. A prototype of the converter is rigged up to verify the simulation results.
Keywords - PV, Quadratic Flying Capacitor Boost Converter (QBC) and Ripple.
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improved voltage gain and reduced voltage stress
compared to the boost converter. The circuit diagram
of QBC is shown in Fig.2.The basic operation
consists of two modes. In mode-1, when the switch S
is on, the diode D2 closes and D1 and D3 are open.
Inductor L1 and L2 is charged as shown in Fig.3.
Where, ΔV = 3% to 5% of Vo
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B. Quadratic Boost Converter IV. SIMULATION RESULTS
The conversion gain is given by Based on the design equations, the components are
designed and its value for all the three converter
topologies is shown in table 1.
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The MATLAB simulation circuit for PV module [8-
9] is shown in Fig 12.
The output voltage waveform for QBC is shown in Figure 12 SIMULINK model of PV
Fig 9, where the output voltage obtained is about
48.4V. The P-V characteristic is shown in Fig 13.
The output voltage waveform for FLCBC is shown in Figure 14 I-V characteristic of module
Fig 11, where the output voltage obtained is about
49.2V. Where, X axis- voltage, Y axis- current
Figure 11 FLBC output waveform Figure 15 SIMULINK circuit for FLBC interfaced with PV
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The output voltage waveform for flying capacitor
boost converter with PV shown in Fig.16, where the
output voltage obtained is about 46V.
From Table 2, it is observed that the flying capacitor For an input of 3V, the output obtained is about
boost converter results in reduced input current, 12.24V.
output voltage ripple and higher gain compared to
other topologies. VI. CONCLUSION
V. HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION This paper has investigated the flying capacitor boost
converter and its functionality was compared with the
From the simulation studies, it can be inferred that the boost and quadratic boost topologies. From the
FLCBC ( Flying Capacitor Boost Converter) gives results, it was found that the proposed FLCBC
high voltage gain for photovoltaic application with topology resulted in reduced output voltage and
reduced ripple. To validate the performance of the input current ripple and high gain. A laboratory
high gain FLCBC, the hardware implementation is prototype was built and the simulation results were
carried out and its parameters is shown in table.3. The verified practically. Hence, it is concluded that the
hardware prototype includes the power circuit and FLCBC is a relevant topology for practical
pulse generation using arduino board. applications where high conversion gain and
efficiency is desirable with an easy structure such as
in photovoltaic systems.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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