PV powered soft switched boost converter using MPPT control

Author

Simon, Stefan ; Das, Joydeep

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Rajagiri Sch. of Eng. & Technol., Kochi, India

fYear

2014

fDate

24-26 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper introduces a fully soft switched boost converter powered from a solar panel. The new converter topology adds an auxiliary network to the conventional boost converter. This network includes one inductor, one capacitor, one diode and one switch. In this converter, the turned on and turned off process of all the switches are either at zero current or at zero voltage. A Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm is used to control this converter. By using this algorithm the ineffectiveness of solar panel during partially shaded conditions can be eliminated. This paper uses Incremental Conductance Maximum Power Point Tacking algorithm.

Keywords

maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; solar cells; zero current switching; MPPT control; fully soft switched boost converter; incremental conductance maximum power point tacking; maximum power point tracking algorithm; photovoltaic powered soft switched boost converter; solar panel; Capacitors; Magnetics; Maximum power point trackers; Switches; Switching circuits; Topology; Incremental Conductance(INC); Maximum Power Point (MPP); Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT); Perturb and Observe (P&O);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Research Areas: Magnetics, Machines and Drives (AICERA/iCMMD), 2014 Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kottayam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5201-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA.2014.6908250

Filename

6908250