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A Novel Single Switch High Gain DC-DC Converter Topology for Renewable Energy Systems

G. Indira Kishore¹, M. Premkumar^1,*, Ramesh Kumar Tripathi², Chandra Sekhar Nalamati²

1 GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, 532127, India
2 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 211004, India

* Corresponding Author: M. Premkumar. Email:

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Advancements in Renewable Energy Systems with AI, Big Data, BlockChain, IoT, and Machine Learning Applications)

Energy Engineering 2021, 118(2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.32604/EE.2021.014079

Received 28 August 2020; Accepted 28 September 2020; Issue published 23 December 2020

Abstract

Renewable energy with sources such as photovoltaic (PV) or fuel cells can be utilized for the generation of electrical power. But these sources generate fewer voltage values and therefore require high gain converters to match with DC bus voltage in microgrids. These high gain converters can be implemented with switched capacitors to meet the required DC bus voltage. Switched capacitors operate in a series and parallel combination during switching operation and produce high static gain, limits reverse voltage that appears across the components. A novel converter is proposed that satisfies all the features such as high voltage gain, only one switch, forces less potential stress cross the components, ripple current is less. These features of the proposed converter are verified through MATLAB/ SIMULINK.

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