Open AccessAnalysis and experimental verification of a multi‐input converter for DC microgrid applications
Author(s) -
Akar Furkan,
Tavlasoglu Yakup,
Vural Bulent
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
iet power electronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1755-4543
pISSN - 1755-4535
DOI - 10.1049/iet-pel.2017.0456
Subject(s) - microgrid , photovoltaic system , inductor , renewable energy , battery (electricity) , computer science , energy storage , set (abstract data type) , selection (genetic algorithm) , work (physics) , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , power (physics) , engineering , voltage , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language , artificial intelligence
This work presents a multi‐input converter (MIC) that can build a DC microgrid having renewable energy resources, balanced sources, and energy storage devices. After analysing its operation modes, a design procedure for the converter considering three different cases is provided. This procedure includes the semiconductor elements selection and design of the inductors. After this step, a detailed efficiency analysis is carried out for the studied cases. Finally, a 1 kW prototype creating a photovoltaic–battery system is built. Through several experiments based on this set‐up, it is shown that the theoretical analysis is accurate and the studied MIC can be successfully utilised to create DC microgrid.