Low voltage DC-to-DC converter with wide input to output voltage ratio

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.H. Edelmoser
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Voltage Ratio

scholarly journals Novel High-Efficiency High Step-Up DC–DC Converter with Soft Switching and Low Component Voltage Stress for Photovoltaic System

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1112
Author(s):  
Yu-En Wu ◽  
Jyun-Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Leakage Inductance ◽  
Power Switch ◽  
Half Wave Voltage ◽  
Half Wave ◽  
Voltage Stress ◽  
Voltage Doubler

This study developed a novel, high-efficiency, high step-up DC–DC converter for photovoltaic (PV) systems. The converter can step-up the low output voltage of PV modules to the voltage level of the inverter and is used to feed into the grid. The converter can achieve a high step-up voltage through its architecture consisting of a three-winding coupled inductor common iron core on the low-voltage side and a half-wave voltage doubler circuit on the high-voltage side. The leakage inductance energy generated by the coupling inductor during the conversion process can be recovered by the capacitor on the low-voltage side to reduce the voltage surge on the power switch, which gives the power switch of the circuit a soft-switching effect. In addition, the half-wave voltage doubler circuit on the high-voltage side can recover the leakage inductance energy of the tertiary side and increase the output voltage. The advantages of the circuit are low loss, high efficiency, high conversion ratio, and low component voltage stress. Finally, a 500-W high step-up converter was experimentally tested to verify the feasibility and practicability of the proposed architecture. The results revealed that the highest efficiency of the circuit is 98%.

scholarly journals A Novel Modified Switched Inductor Boost Converter with Reduced Switch Voltage Stress

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shima Sadaf ◽  
Nasser Al-Emadi ◽  
Atif Iqbal ◽  
Mohammad Meraj ◽  
Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Electric Utility ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Conversion Ratio ◽  
Total Output ◽  
Dc Microgrid ◽  
Power Circuit ◽  
Voltage Stress ◽  
Utility Grid

DC-DC power converters are necessary to step-up the voltage or current with high conversion ratio for many applications e.g. photovoltaic and fuel cell energy conversion, uninterruptible power supply, DC microgrid, automobile, high intensity discharged lamp ballast, hybrid vehicle, etc. in order to use low voltage sources. In this project, a modified SIBC (mSIBC) is proposed with reduced voltage stress across active switches. The proposed mSIBC configuration is transformerless and simply derived by replacing one diode of the classical switched inductor structure with an active switch. As a result, mSIBC required low voltage rating active switches, as the total output voltage is shared between two active switches. Moreover, the proposed mSIBC is low in cost, provides higher efficiency and required the same number of components compared to the classical SIBC. The experimental results are presented which validated the theoretical analysis and functionality, and the efficiency of the designed converter is 97.17%. The proposed mSIBC converter provides higher voltage conversion ratio compared to classical converters e.g. boost, buck-boost, cuk, and SEPIC. The newly designed configurations will aid the intermediate power stage between the renewable sources and utility grid or high voltage DC or AC load. Since, the total output voltage is distributed among the two active switches, low voltage rating switches can be employed to design the power circuit of the proposed converter. The classical boost converter or recently proposed switched inductor based boost converter can be replaced by the proposed mSIBC converter in real-time applications such as DC microgrid, DC-DC charger, battery backup system, UPS, EV, an electric utility grid. The proposed power circuitry is cost effective, compact in size, easily diagnostic, highly efficient and reliable.

scholarly journals Quadratic Boost Converter

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VII) ◽  
pp. 2010-2014
Author(s):  
Mamidala Hemanth Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Semiconductor Device ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Voltage Gain ◽  
Practical Utilization ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Simulink Model ◽  
Grid Connection

The output voltage from the sustainable energy like photovoltaic (PV) arrays and fuel cells will be at less amount of level. This must be boost considerably for practical utilization or grid connection. A conventional boost converter will provides low voltage gain while Quadratic boost converter (QBC) provides high voltage gain. QBC is able to regulate the output voltage and the choice of second inductor can give its current as positive and whereas for boost increases in the voltage will not able to regulate the output voltage. It has low semiconductor device voltage stress and switch usage factor is high. Analysis and design modeling of Quadratic boost converter is proposed in this paper. A power with 50 W is developed with 18 V input voltage and yield 70 V output voltage and the outcomes are approved through recreation utilizing MATLAB/SIMULINK MODEL.

scholarly journals Implementation of Buck-Boost Converter as Low Voltage Stabilizer at 15 V

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2230
Author(s):  
Suwarno Suwarno ◽  
Tole Sutikno
Keyword(s):  
Power Electronics ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Voltage Stabilizer ◽  
Voltage Regulator ◽  
Output Current ◽  
Converter Design

<p>This paper presents the implementation of the buck-boost converter design which is a power electronics applications that can stabilize voltage, even though the input voltage changes. Regulator to stabilize the voltage using PWM pulse that triger pin 2 on XL6009. In this design of buck-boost converter is implemented using the XL6009, LM7815 and TIP2955. LM7815 as output voltage regulator at 15V with 1A output current, while TIP2955 is able to overcome output current up to 5A. When the LM7815 and TIP2955 are connected in parallel, the converter can increase the output current to 6A.. Testing is done using varied voltage sources that can be set. The results obtained from this design can be applied to PV (Photovoltaic) and WP (Wind Power), with changes in input voltage between 3-21V dc can produce output voltage 15V.</p>

scholarly journals Modified Multi Input Multilevel DC-DC Boost Converter for Hybrid Energy Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1067-1072
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Hybrid Energy ◽  
Hybrid Energy Systems ◽  
Constant Output

DC-DC converters are playing an important role in designing of Electric Vehicles, integration of solar cells and other DC applications. Contemporary high power applications use multilevel converters that have multi stage outputs for integrating low voltage sources. Conventional DC-DC converters use single source and have complex structure while using for Hybrid Energy Systems. This paper proposes a multi-input, multi-output DC-DC converter to produce constant output voltage at different input voltage conditions. This topology is best suitable for hybrid power systems where the output voltage is variable due to environmental conditions. It reduces the requirement of magnetic components in the circuit and also reduces the switching losses. The proposed topology has two parts namely multi-input boost converter and level-balancing circuit. Boost converter increases the input voltage and Level Balancing Circuit produce Multi output. Equal values of capacitors are used in Level Balancing Circuit to ensure the constant output voltage at all output stages. The operating modes of each part are given and the design parameters of each part are calculated. Performance of the proposed topology is verified using MATLAB/Simulink simulation which shows the correctness of the analytical approach. Hardware is also presented to evaluate the simulation results.

scholarly journals A New Bridgeless High Step-up Voltage Gain PFC Converter with Reduced Conduction Losses and Low Voltage Stress

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Lin ◽  
Faqiang Wang ◽  
Herbert H. C. Iu
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Voltage Gain ◽  
Simple Circuit ◽  
Voltage Stress ◽  
Circuit Structure ◽  
Power Switches ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Conduction Mode ◽  
Conventional Counterpart

Bridgeless power factor correction (PFC) converters have a reduced number of semiconductors in the current flowing path, contributing to low conduction losses. In this paper, a new bridgeless high step-up voltage gain PFC converter is proposed, analyzed and validated for high voltage applications. Compared to its conventional counterpart, the input rectifier bridge in the proposed bridgeless PFC converter is completely eliminated. As a result, its conduction losses are reduced. Also, the current flowing through the power switches in the proposed bridgeless PFC converter is only half of the current flowing through the rectifier diodes in its conventional counterpart, therefore, the conduction losses can be further improved. Moreover, in the proposed bridgeless PFC converter, not only the voltage stress of power switches is lower than the output voltage, but the voltage stress of the output diodes is lower than the conventional counterpart. In addition, this proposed bridgeless PFC converter features a simple circuit structure and high PFC performance. Finally, the proposed bridgeless PFC converter is analyzed and designed in the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). The simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed bridgeless PFC converter.

scholarly journals Research on Modified Hybrid Frequency Modulation Technology of Type-III Asymmetric CHB Multilevel Inverters

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Manyuan Ye ◽  
Wei Ren ◽  
Qiwen Wei ◽  
Guizhi Song ◽  
Zhilin Miao
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Width ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Output Line ◽  
Line Voltage ◽  
Multilevel Inverters ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Hybrid Frequency ◽  
Frequency Pulse

Asymmetric Cascaded H-bridge (ACHB) level inverters can output more voltage waveforms with fewer cascaded units while ensuring the quality of output voltage waveforms, so they have attracted more and more attention. Taking the topology of Type-III asymmetric CHB multilevel inverters as the research object, a Modified Hybrid Frequency Pulse Width Modulation (MHF-PWM) strategy is proposed in this paper. This modulation strategy overcomes the local overshoot of low-voltage unit in the presence of traditional Hybrid Frequency Pulse Width Modulation (HF-PWM), thus completely eliminating the low frequency harmonics in the output voltage waveform of Type-III ACHB nine-level inverters, and the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of output line voltage of the modulation strategy is lower than that of PS-PWM strategy in the whole modulation degree, which effectively improves the quality waveform of the output line voltage. At the same time, the strategy can also improve the problems of current backflow and energy feedback caused by the high-voltage unit pouring current to the low-voltage unit, thereby reducing the imbalance of the output power of the high-voltage and low-voltage units. Finally, the Matlab/Simulink simulation model and experimental platform are established to verify the validity and practicality of the modulation strategy.

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