<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the high gain step-up BOOST converter which is essential to step up the low output voltage from PV panel to the high voltage according to the requirement of the application. In this paper a high gain BOOST converter with coupled inductor technique is proposed with the MPPT control. Without extreme duty ratios and the numerous turns-ratios of a coupled inductor this converter achieves a high step-up voltage-conversion ratio and the leakage energy of the coupled inductor is efficiently recycled to the load. MPPT control used to extract the maximum power from PV panel by controlling the Duty ratio of the converter. The PV panel, BOOST converter and the MPPT are modeled using Sim Power System blocks in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The prototype model of the proposed converter has been implemented with the maximum measured efficiency is up to 95.4% and full-load efficiency is 93.1%.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the high gain step-up BOOST converter which is essential to step up the low output voltage from PV panel to the high voltage according to the requirement of the application. In this paper a high gain BOOST converter with coupled inductor technique is proposed with the MPPT control. Without extreme duty ratios and the numerous turns-ratios of a coupled inductor this converter achieves a high step-up voltage-conversion ratio and the leakage energy of the coupled inductor is efficiently recycled to the load. MPPT control used to extract the maximum power from PV panel by controlling the Duty ratio of the converter. The PV panel, BOOST converter and the MPPT are modeled using Sim Power System blocks in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The prototype model of the proposed converter has been implemented with the maximum measured efficiency is up to 95.4% and full-load efficiency is 93.1%.

High Step-Up DC—DC Converter for AC Photovoltaic Module with MPPT Control

Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Vadamavandal, Kanchipuram, 604 410, India

Electrical Department Jerusalem Engineering College, Chennai, India

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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This paper presents the high gain step-up BOOST converter which is essential to step up the low output voltage from PV panel to the high voltage according to...

High Step-Up DC—DC Converter for AC Photovoltaic Module with MPPT Control

Published Online: Aug 21, 2014

Page range: 248 - 253

Received: Feb 25, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2014-0038

Keywords
PV panel, boost converter, coupled inductor, MPPT control

© 2014 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

High Step-Up DC—DC Converter for AC Photovoltaic Module with MPPT Control

Published Online: Aug 21, 2014

Page range: 248 - 253

Received: Feb 25, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2014-0038

KeywordsPV panel, boost converter, coupled inductor, MPPT control

© 2014 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
PV panel, boost converter, coupled inductor, MPPT control