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Optimized CUK Converter Based 1Φ Grid Tied Photovoltaic System

S. K. Janarthanan^*, C. Kathirvel

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, 641022, Tamilnadu, India

* Corresponding Author: S. K. Janarthanan. Email:

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing 2022, 34(1), 33-50. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2022.023165

Received 30 August 2021; Accepted 24 December 2021; Issue published 15 April 2022

Abstract

Renewable energy-based power generation, particularly photovoltaic (PV)-connected grid systems, has gained popularity in recent years due to its widespread adoption for residential and commercial customers of all sizes, from kilowatt (KW) to megawatt (MW). The purpose of this work is to demonstrate how an efficient CUK-integrated boost converter with continuous current flow may be used to maximise the output of solar arrays. The constant voltage at the converter output is maintained with increased dynamic performance using a Proportional Integral (PI) controller based on a hybrid optimization technique GWO-PSO (Grey Wolf Optimization-Particle Swarm Optimization). This hybrid solution permits accurate and speedy monitoring of the PI controller, which reduces voltage ripples successfully. This system is connected to the 1 grid via a voltage source inverter (VSI). To ensure grid synchronisation, the inverter’s command pulses are generated by a PI controller depending on the grid’s actual power. The Total Harmonic Distribution (THD) of grid current is used to characterize the overall system. The THD is determined to be 1.8 percent with the suggested PI controller and 3.41 percent with the PI controller, and the tracking performance of the GWO-PSO algorithm is 99.8 percent.

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