Development of an integrated converter topology for hybrid energy applications

Renewable energy resources are gaining ever deeper penetration into the power grid because of its advantages. Hybrid power sources are becoming more and more popular. Renewable energies have advantages of zero fuel cost and reduced environmental impacts. This paper proposes an integrated converter topology for the hybrid power sources. Two inputs, one from wind energy and another from solar PV panel are given to the converter and maximum power is extracted by using maximum power point tracking method. Integrated converter is the combination of cuk and sepic converter. The output is given to inverter which converts dc to ac and is applied to load. Operational analysis and simulation results are given for the proposed circuit.