Open AccessFuel Cell-Based High-Gain Boost Converter Fed Single-Phase Multi-level Inverter Controlled by FPGA controller
Author(s) -
Manikanta Swamy Dasari,
Venkatesan Mani,
Subbarao Mopidevi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of new materials for electrochemical systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.496
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1480-2430
pISSN - 1480-2422
DOI - 10.14447/jnmes.v24i3.a09
Subject(s) - boost converter , inverter , total harmonic distortion , field programmable gate array , pulse width modulation , computer science , power (physics) , settling time , three phase , ćuk converter , buck–boost converter , controller (irrigation) , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , voltage , engineering , computer hardware , physics , control engineering , step response , agronomy , quantum mechanics , biology
For grid-connected applications, Multi-level Inverters (MLI) are mostly used, similarly to join the various RES to the grid as well as to satisfy the load demand MLIs are mostly preferred. This article presents a fuel cell-based high-gain boost converter with a single-phase five-level inverter controlled by CB-PWM techniques. A fuel cell produces a very less amount of power so to boost-up the fuel cell power to the essential power level with the help of a high-gain boost converter. The boost converter produces the required DC output power and that power is a converter to required AC power by using a single-phase five-level inverter. The MLI switches are controlled with the help of MC-PWM techniques and observe the inverter behavior in terms of THD, output ripples, and settling time. The entire work is done in MATLAB/Simulink tool as well as design a small prototype model by using the FPGA board.