Implementation of a Low Cost Resonant Boost Converter Connected Photo Voltaic System

Abstract:

This paper proposes a hardware implementation of a resonant boost converter with photovoltaic system. The converter finds varied advantages like lower switching losses and increased efficiency. With the increased rate of energy crisis, the converter has paved a new way for solving the problem, in the recent years. The dc voltage source of the resonant boost converter is replaced by a photovoltaic system that energizes the converter. The renewable energy minimizes the fuel cost and highly decreases the maintenance cost. A PIC microcontroller is used to generate the pulses of the transistor switches in the boost converter and for the inverter circuit. Implementation of a low cost 16F877A microcontroller with a resonant boost photo voltaic system with higher efficiency and the experimental results has been tabulated. The performance of the circuit has been verified at different temperatures for different applications.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 768)
• Pages: 80-83
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.768.80
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: R.C. Ilambirai, Rajesh Boga
• Keywords: Inverter, Photovoltaic (PV) Array, PIC Microcontroller, Resonant Boost Converter

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