Non-isolated High Gain DC-DC Converter Research Articles

Implementation of non-isolated high-gain DC-DC converter for electric vehicle application

ABSTRACT This paper introduces a non-isolated high voltage gain DC-DC converter for electric vehicles (EVs). The proposed converter schematic is modelled to be operated on reasonable duty cycle by employing passive switched inductor (PSL) cell and voltage multipliers. Moreover, this structure is functioning on continuous conduction mode (CCM) with a wide range of operations. This structure offers high voltage gain, lower voltage stress across all the devices, low switching losses and high efficiency. Thus, simple proportional integral (PI) controller is adopted to regulate the output to the desired voltage of 200 V. The proposed converter is designed and simulated using MATLAB/Simulink platform and hardware prototype of 100 W/200 V is developed to examine the performance of the proposed circuit. Besides, the experimental results are recorded to prove its robustness over both source voltage and load power discrepancies. The efficiency of the presented configuration is around 91% and it acts as a good choice for EV applications.

A new non-isolated high-gain DC-DC converter for the PV application

Small, distributed types of generation like solar photovoltaic (PV) played a significant part in shifting to a clean energy future due to economic factors and governmental laws. DC-DC converters are essential in the generation of solar PV electricity because they regulate the output voltage relying on the input voltage. The conventional boost converter (CBC) has minimal output voltage gain, and voltage stress at a switch is typically equivalent to the output voltage. The voltage produced by distribution generation (DG) sources is minimal, necessitating the use of high-gain boost converters. This proposed study is concerned with the development of an improved architecture of non-isolated high-gain DC-DC converters for PV applications, which provides quadratic output voltage gain and reduced voltage stress across a switch. The proposed configuration of the converter is comprised of a conventional quadratic boost converter with a voltage lift cell, which provides a high gain. The topological benefit is the use of a single switch with a lower number of inductors which reduces the circuit bulkiness. The developed topology was contrasted in terms of voltage gain, number of passive components used, and other parameters with other recently presented topologies. The simulation was performed using MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the output voltage gain was verified by prototype experimental results employing the simulation data.

Design and Analysis of a Non-Isolated DC-DC Converter With a High-Voltage Conversion Ratio

In this letter, a new non-isolated high gain DC-DC converter topology is proposed to attain the high-voltage conversion ratio. The high-voltage conversion ratio is achieved without utilizing the coupled inductors and any transformers. The proposed topology utilizes a single power semiconductor switch and its operation is examined under continuous conduction mode (CCM), discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) and boundary conduction mode (BCM). The theoretical analysis and design procedure for passive components are provided with mathematical expressions. The validity of the theoretical analysis is examined by using a laboratory prototype of the proposed converter with a power rating of 200 W. The experimental results are taken under CCM with a 60% duty cycle. The proposed topology is also examined with dynamic changes in duty cycle value and load values. The efficiency and power density of the proposed converter are 90% and 1.03kW/L.

A Coyote Optimization-Based Residual Attention Echo State Reactive Controller for Improving Power Quality in Grid-PV Systems

Improving the power quality and reactive injection capability of grid-PV systems represent the most demanding and crucial tasks in power systems. In the conventional works, many types of converters and regulating approaches have been designed for this goal. The multi-level inverter (MLI) is the best solution for grid-PV systems since it helps to improve power quality while reducing losses. However, the existing works face the key problems of the complex system model, increased components utilization, computational burden, presence of harmonics, and high switching frequency. Therefore, the proposed work aims to develop novel and advanced controlling techniques for improving the reactive power compensation ability and power quality of grid-PV systems. The original contribution of this paper is to implement an advanced soft-computing methodologies for developing the controlling mechanisms. At first, an ATOM search optimization (AOS) based MPPT controlling technique is used to extract the maximum electrical energy from the PV panels under changing climatic situations. Then, the output voltage of PV is effectively regulated with the help of a non-isolated high voltage gain DC-DC converter, which also supports the reduction of the switching loss and frequencies. In order to generate the switching pulses for operating the converter, a novel coyote optimized converter control (COCC) mechanism is developed in this work. Moreover, a residual attention echo state reactive controller (RaERC) is implemented for generating the controlling signals to actuate the switching components of the nine-level inverter. This kind of controlling mechanism could highly improve the power quality of grid system with less processing time. For assessment, the simulation and comparison results of the proposed controlling mechanisms are validated and tested using various parameters.

Modified High Gain DC-DC Converter with APICs for Microgrid

This paper proposes a nonisolated high voltage gain DC-DC converter. The active–passive inductor cells (APICs) makes the converter topology expandable, and it also helps in providing a high gain quality at lower duty cycles. The proposed converter is suitable for high gain applications mainly necessitating microgrid as well as integration of renewable energy sources into the existing grid infrastructure. The merits of the converter can be attributed to the ability to achieve high gain and low current stress and switching losses on power electronic switches. The proposed converter is analyzed in both continuous and discontinuous modes of operation, the efficiency is calculated and simulation results substantiate the operation of the converter.

An advanced non-isolated high gain DC-DC converter with divided-duty ratio for renewable energy integration

An advanced non-isolated high gain DC-DC converter with divided-duty ratio for renewable energy integration

A high step-up non-isolated DC-DC converter with active switched-inductor and switched-capacitor networks

ABSTRACT This article proposes an enhanced non-isolated high-gain DC-DC converter for interfacing renewable energy sources (RESs). This converter utilizes active switched-inductor (ASL) and switched-capacitor (SC) networks in which the ASL network increases the voltage gain. Furthermore, using the SC network as a multiplier cell helps to reach a high voltage conversion ratio with a proper duty cycle. The main advantages of the proposed converter are the high voltage gain, continuous input current, and low voltage stress on the semiconductor switch and the passive component. Since the voltage stress of the semiconductor element is low, a low ON-state resistance switch is used, which leads to reduced conduction losses. Comprehensive analysis of the steady-state operation in continuous conduction mode (CCM), inductor and capacitor design, and a comparison considering other similar topologies are presented in this article. Also, the parasitic elements are assumed to calculate the DC-Voltage gain and the efficiency of the converter. Finally, simulation results are presented in the PSIM environment to validate the feasibility of the proposed converter.

Steady-State Performance Characteristics of a DC Motor fed by Quadratic DC-DC Boost Converter

This paper presents the analysis of steady-state performance of a DC motor fed by a non-isolated quadratic DC-DC boost converter. The proposed quadratic configuration based non-isolated high voltage gain DC-DC converter operating in continuous conduction mode employs one power switch and reduced number of diodes and passive components. Due to single power switch, the switching and conduction losses are reduced thereby improving the converter efficiency. A DC shunt motor of 5 HP power rating is used as load to the proposed converter. The proposed cost-effective converter-fed DC motor operating under no-load is simulated using MATLAB / SIMULINK tool. The steady-state performance characteristics, such as speed, torque, and armature current of the DC motor, are obtained for one particular value of duty ratio of the power switch. The results validate the superior performance of the suggested DC-DC converter-fed DC motor at moderate duty ratio.

FFNN BASED MPPT CONTROLLER FOR PEMFC POWERED NON-ISOLATED HIGH GAIN DC-DC CONVERTER WITH SPWM INVERTER FED BLDC MOTOR

A Non-Isolated High Gain DC-DC converter fed from 1.2kW PEMFC is designed to boost the fuel cell voltage. The Feed-forward Neural Network based MPPT controller algorithm is implemented to adjust the duty cycle of DC-DC converter in order make sure optimum power extraction from PEMFC whose result is compared with Fuzzy Logic Controller. The boosted DC voltage is inverteted to drive BLDC motor by three phase inverter. The inverter switches are triggered with switching pattern generated by SPWM technique according to the Hall sensor signals placed at stator of BLDC motor to find the position of rotor. The simulation anlysis has been carried out using MATLAB (R2017a)/Simulink platform and discussed the results.

Control of Improved Non-Isolated High Gain DC-DC Converter

Control of Improved Non-Isolated High Gain DC-DC Converter

Improved topology of high voltage gain DC-DC converter with boost stages

ABSTRACT In this letter, a novel topology of a non-isolated high voltage gain dc-dc converter is proposed. The topology is based on the diode-capacitor voltage multiplier stages, integrated with inductor-based boost stages at the input. Due to reduced voltage imbalance between the voltage multiplier stage capacitors the design features low spikes in the switch current. Consequently the switch current stress, as well as conduction and switching losses are reduced accordingly. The proposed converter can draw continuous current either as a multiport converter from two input sources or from a single source as an interleaved converter and achieves a voltage gain of 15 with two voltage multiplier stages. A 400 W prototype of the converter with Vin = 20 V and Vout = 300 V has been implemented to validate the enhancement.

Non-isolated high gain DC-DC converter for smart grid- A review

Smart grids are becoming the most interesting and promising alternative for an electric grid system. Power conditioning units and control over the distribution of power is the essential feature for the smart grid system. In this paper, we reviewed several non-isolated high gain topologies derived from boost converter for providing required voltage to the grid tie inverter from renewable energy sources. Steady state analysis of all the topologies is analyzed to compare the performance of the topologies. Simulation is carried out in nL5 simulator and the results are compared and validated with the theoretical results. This paper is a guide to the researchers to choose the best topology for the smart grid application.

A modified high step-up non-isolated DC-DC converter for PV application

A non-isolated high voltage gain DC-DC converter has been presented in this paper. The boost, SEPIC and modified SEPIC converters were analyzed and their performance was compared with the proposed converter. The proposed converter has been designed for the input voltage of 15 V and an output voltage of 150 V with 100 W output power. The efficiency of the converter obtained was 92.5%, which is higher than that of the other converter models which were analyzed. Also, the proposed converter utilizes reduced input current and shows low switching voltage stress. The time response analysis conveys that the proposed converter settles to the steady state voltage and current faster than the other compared converters.

Non-isolated high gain DC-DC converter by quadratic boost converter and voltage multiplier cell

Abstract A novel non-isolated DC-DC converter is proposed by combining quadratic boost converter with voltage multiplier cell. The proposed converter has low semiconductor device voltage stress and switch utilization factor is high. The superiority of the converter is voltage stress of the semiconductor devices depends on voltage multiplier (VM) cell. By increasing the VM cell the stresses across the devices reduce drastically. The proposed converter has same number of components compared to certain voltage lift converters taken for comparison. A detailed comparative study is made on the proposed converter with few voltage lift converters in the literature, conventional boost with VM cell and quadratic boost converter. A 40 W prototype is constructed with 12 V input voltage and 96 V output voltage to verify the performance and validate the theoretical analysis of the proposed converter.