Open AccessControl Strategies for Bidirectional DC-DC Converters: An Overview
Author(s) -
Muhammad Husnain Ashfaq,
A Jeyraj,
Laveen Prabhu Selvaraj,
N.A. Rahim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1127/1/012031
Subject(s) - converters , energy storage , renewable energy , computer science , electrical engineering , power (physics) , voltage , voltage source , electronic engineering , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
The energy produced by renewable energy sources has variations as these sources are sensitive to weather conditions. To overcome this problem, storage devices like batteries are used for stabilization. Bidirectional DC-DC converter is the main component to interface renewable energy sources with energy storage devices. With the help of proper switching techniques, these converters have the ability to increase or decrease the level of the voltages and can handle the power flow in both directions, from source to storage device (forward direction/charging mode), as well as from storage device to source (backward direction/discharging mode). Hence for an efficient system, the control of power flow must be very effective. This paper presents an overview of various bidirectional DC-DC converter’s classical and supervisory control methods that have been proposed in recent years.