A study of the basic DC-DC converters applied in maximum power point tracking

Author

Coelho, Roberto F. ; Concer, Filipe ; Martins, Denizar C.

Author_Institution

Power Electron. Inst. (INEP), Fed. Univ. of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 1 2009

Firstpage

673

Lastpage

678

Abstract

In maximum power point (MPP) applications the DC-DC tracker converter is as important as the MPP tracking algorithm. In this paper, the DC-DC Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost, CuÂ¿k, Sepic and Zeta converters are analyzed in order to determine which one is more proper to be applied as Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT). The proposed analysis take into account the radiation and temperature conditions, besides the load connected at the photovoltaic module. The comparison among the related converters is based in, both, analytical and simulation results.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; Buck, converters; Ciik converters; DC-DC tracker converter; Sepic converters; Zeta converters; boost converters; buck-boost converters; maximum power point tracking; photovoltaic module; Analytical models; DC-DC power converters; Load management; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic systems; Power electronics; Power supplies; Solar power generation; Temperature; Voltage; DC-DC converters; Maximum Power Point Trackers; Photovoltaic Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference, 2009. COBEP '09. Brazilian

Conference_Location

Bonito-Mato Grosso do Sul

ISSN

2175-8603

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3369-8

Electronic_ISBN

2175-8603

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COBEP.2009.5347723

Filename

5347723