Single stage high voltage gain boost converter with voltage Multiplier Cells for battery charging using photovoltaic panels

Author

Barreto, Luiz H S C ; Praça, Paulo P. ; Henn, Gustavo A L ; Silva, Ranoyca N A L ; Oliveira, Demercil S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Fed. do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

5-9 Feb. 2012

Firstpage

364

Lastpage

368

Abstract

This paper presents a non-isolated high frequency DC-DC converter, which integrates a battery charger, photovoltaic panels, and a high voltage gain boost converter in a single conversion stage with soft-switching characteristic. The proposed topology uses voltage Multiplier Cells (MCs), leading do high voltage step-up. Also, the bidirectional behavior admits the DC bus to be generated via battery bank, or photovoltaic panels, or both, depending on the insulation condition. At last, experimental results validate the proposed topology, proving its effectiveness.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; high-voltage engineering; insulation; solar cells; voltage multipliers; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; DC bus; battery bank; battery charger; battery charging; bidirectional behavior; high voltage step-up; insulation condition; nonisolated high frequency DC-DC converter; photovoltaic panels; single conversion stage; single stage high voltage gain boost converter; soft-switching characteristic; voltage multiplier cells; Batteries; Capacitors; Inductors; Photovoltaic systems; Switches; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1215-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1214-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2012.6165845

Filename

6165845