• DocumentCode
    1563635
  • Title

    Input-controlled buck converter for photovoltaic applications: Modeling and design

  • Author

    Villalva, Marcelo Gradella ; Ruppert, E.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    505
  • Lastpage
    509
  • Abstract
    DC-DC converters used in some photovoltaic (PV) systems require that the input voltage be controlled while the output voltage is constant. This paper shows different ways of modeling and controlling a buck converter with variable input voltage fed by a photovoltaic array.
  • Keywords
    DC-DC power convertors; photovoltaic cells; DC-DC converters; input-controlled buck converter; photovoltaic array; photovoltaic systems; PV; buck; control; converter; photovoltaic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 2008. PEMD 2008. 4th IET Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    York
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-86341-900-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4528890