Abstract
The energy of Photovoltaic (PV) modules can be connected to DC grid with high step-up ratio power electronics converters. Generally, two-stage isolated boost-based converters are used for this purpose. However, these types of converters consist of a high number of semiconductors which must withstand high voltage levels, and they utilize input inductance which has high value and large magnetic core size. To solve these problems, single-stage conversion-based Hybrid Current Modulated (HCM) isolated Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter is proposed in the literature. However, this converter is designed for considering partial shading (PS), and PS rarely occurs in PV farms. In this study, the design methodology of DAB PV DC/DC converter is given for uniform irradiation (UI) conditions that is more suitable for PV farms. In addition, UI and PS designs of HCM DAB PV DC/DC converter are compared to each other. Analyses show that UI-based design has 3.88% smaller RMS2 current, 3.56% smaller peak current and 2.35% smaller core size than the PS-based design. Hence, UI-based design can be more efficient, cheaper, and smaller in size.
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