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P‐type non‐isolated boost DC‐DC converter with high voltage gain and extensibility for DC microgrid applications
Author(s) -
Mohammadi Farid,
FarhadiKangarlu Mohammad,
Rastegar Hassan,
Khorsandi Amir,
Pichan Mohammad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of circuit theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1097-007X
pISSN - 0098-9886
DOI - 10.1002/cta.2701
Subject(s) - boost converter , forward converter , converters , electronic engineering , ćuk converter , duty cycle , buck–boost converter , flyback converter , voltage , high voltage , buck converter , computer science , engineering , electrical engineering
Summary In this paper, the concept of converter design, using the least number of elements and achieving high voltage gain at the low duty cycle, is proposed for the microgrids. One of the important issues in the microgrids is boosting the low voltage output of sources to the utility voltage level. Therefore, the step‐up DC‐DC converters are widely used in these systems to attain the utility voltage. The benchmarking of the converters mainly in terms of the voltage gain, efficiency, the number of active and passive components, stresses on semiconductors, and simplicity is considered. In this paper, a new extendable non‐isolated boost DC‐DC converter is presented. Comparing the conventional boost converter, the basic structure of the proposed converter has a high voltage gain and reduced stress on the switch. To increase the voltage gain, the basic structure of the proposed converter can be easily extended. The modulation technique employed is high‐frequency pulse‐width modulation (PWM). The detailed analysis of the proposed converter in continuous current mode (CCM) and discontinuous current mode (DCM) is presented. The relations between currents and voltages and the voltage gain in CCM and DCM are obtained. Experimental results are carried out to verify theoretical concepts by using the hardware prototype.