High gain high power DC-DC converter for photovoltaic application

Author

Revathi, B. Sri ; Prabhakar, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., VIT Univ., Chennai, India

fYear

2013

fDate

4-6 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper introduces a novel high gain DC-DC converter topology which can be used for photovoltaic (PV) applications. The proposed DC-DC converter consists of 3 interleaved boost converters and 2 voltage multiplier cells (VMC). The operating principle, characteristic waveforms, design details along with the simulation results prove the validity of the design and its superiority over existing converter topologies in terms of its ability to provide high voltage gain at higher power level and low device stress. The proposed topology is able to produce a voltage gain of 10 and deliver 3kW output power at 88% efficiency.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; photovoltaic power systems; voltage multipliers; DC-DC converter topology; VMC; interleaved boost converter; photovoltaic application; power 3 kW; voltage multiplier cell; Capacitors; Clamps; Inductors; Power generation; Renewable energy sources; Stress; Topology; High gain; PV systems; high power; interleaved boost converter; voltage multiplier cell;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Research Areas and 2013 International Conference on Microelectronics, Communications and Renewable Energy (AICERA/ICMiCR), 2013 Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kanjirapally

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5150-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA-ICMiCR.2013.6575958

Filename

6575958