Multi-Input Single-Output DC-DC Research Articles

High gain multi-input single-output DC-DC boost converter with enhanced circuit for photovoltaic applications

High gain multi-input single-output DC-DC boost converter with enhanced circuit for photovoltaic applications

Design and analysis of a switch fault-tolerant multi-input single-output DC-DC converter for high reliability applications

The DC–DC converters have been used extensively in various industrial applications such as consumer electronics, aerospace, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. The reliability ensures that the converter continues to operate safely and efficiently despite the presence of faults. Enhancing the reliability of DC-DC converters is a challenging task, as power switches are the most fragile components that can be affected by faults in the system. Hence, to address these challenges and ensure the safety of the converter, it is vital to implement appropriate fast fault-diagnosis techniques and fault-tolerant strategies. Many new network topologies have been presented in literature, which lead to a shift from single input–single output to multiport converters. These converters are suitable for integrating different energy sources. However, the majority of them are operated using a time-sharing method, in which only one energy source is used at a time, and the others are inactive at any specified duty cycle. Therefore, the converter and input sources are underutilized in the conventional time-sharing approach. This paper proposes a new multi-input single-output (MISO) converter topology with fully integrated switch fault tolerance. It can perform multi-input buck, boost, and buck-boost operations. More importantly, the converter can operate uninterruptedly for single or multiple switch faults. Using simulation and experimental results, a 400 W prototype circuit is designed to analyze the converter's reliability and performance.

SIMO DC-DC Converter for E-Vehicle and Regenerative Braking Based on Simulation and Model Investigation

A single independent voltage source (Vin or Vbat) is used to regulate the speed of an E-vehicle (EV) with the same interval of switching pulses to generate different voltage ratios by charging/discharging the flying capacitors using a novel single-input multi-output (SIMO) DC-DC switched capacitor converter. In this work, various speed transmissions are generated for controlling the speed of EVs. The selected and regulated battery voltage are generated using the SIMO DC-DC converter. The proposed converter is used to generate seven different transmission in total, of which four transmissions are used for motoring (forwarding operation) and the other three transmissions act as regenerative braking. For motoring operation, the battery, fuel cell, and photovoltaic cell are used as a sources of energy, and for the regenerative braking, the regenerated voltage is fed back to store the battery. The SIMO DC-DC converter is used to support electronic accessories, such as LED lights, the EV audio system and other accessories, including mobile and laptop battery charging. The energy recovered during regenerative braking is used to charge the battery via a proposed SIMO DC-DC converter for different speed transmissions. In addition, simulation, modeling, and analysis are used to validate the proposed system. It is intended for a fixed voltage of 12 V and output voltages ranging from 12 to 48 V. The PSIM simulation tool is used to validate the system. The validation demonstrates that the suggested converter shows good evidence for both braking and regenerative braking operations.

Expandable Non-Isolated Multi-Input Single-Output DC-DC Converter With High Voltage Gain and Zero-Ripple Input Currents

Expandable Non-Isolated Multi-Input Single-Output DC-DC Converter With High Voltage Gain and Zero-Ripple Input Currents

Golden section search based maximum power point tracking strategy for a dual output DC-DC converter

Abstract This paper introduces an Golden Section Search based algorithm, along with an single input multi output DC-DC converter for photovoltaic systems. In contemplation for photovoltaic (PV) systems to escalate their efficiency of power generation, it is mandatory to locate the Maximum power point (MPP) under all possible illumination conditions. Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller is expected to obtain the MPP irrespective of the device and climatic changes. The basic principle and the implementation of the system is elaborated in this paper, along with an comparison of different hill-climbing algorithms. The analytic and simulated results show that the new method has the advantages of fast convergence, noise-resistance, and robustness.

A Simplified PWM Technique for Isolated DC-DC Converter Fed Switched Capacitor Multi-Level Inverter for Distributed Generation

This paper presents a novel simplied PWM technique to drive switched capacitor type multi-level inverter fed from isolated type DC-DC converter for distributed generation. Distributed generation (DG) is renowned power generation at point of utility with no environmental aects and reduces transmission line losses. Photo-voltaic system is considered as renewable energy source for DG and the low voltage from PV system is boosted to required voltage using an isolated type single-input multi-output (SIMO) DC-DC converter. DC output from isolated SIMO DC-DC converter is fed to switched capacitor type multi-level inverter (SC-MLI) to feed the AC load. Isolated SIMO DC-DC converter apart from boosting the DG output voltage, also eliminates the problem of voltage unbalancing in SC-MLI topology. Closed loop operation of SIMO DC-DC converter employs only single PI controller instead of three controllers was presented in this paper. Modes of operation of SC-MLI and Novel PWM switching pattern was explained. Simulation of proposed system was developed using MATLAB/SIMULINK software. The prototype was developed for the proposed system and hardware results are also shown.

Single Input Multi Output DC/DC Converter: An Approach to Voltage Balancing in Multilevel Inverter

This paper presents a new DC/AC multilevel converter. This configuration uses single DC sources. The proposed converter has two stages. The first stage is a DC/DC converter that can produce several DC-links in the output. The DC/DC converter is one type of boost converter and uses single inductor. The second stage is a multilevel inverter with several capacitor links. In this paper, one single input multi output DC-DC converter is used in order to voltage balancing on multilevel converter. In addition, as compare to traditional multilevel inverter, presented DC/AC multilevel converter has less on-state voltage drop and conduction losses. Finally, in order to verify the theoretical issues, simulation and experimental results are presented.