PV Based High Efficiency Battery Charger |
Author(s): |
| NEETHU ELSA THOMAS , AMAL JYOTHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KANJIRAPPALLY; ARUN S, AMAL JYOTHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KANJIRAPPALLY |
Keywords: |
| Photo-Voltaic Cells, Interleaved Boost Converter, Battery, Input Current Ripple, Output Voltage Ripple |
Abstract |
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The research on the renewable and green energy sources, especially the solar arrays and the fuel cells, becomes more and more important with the shortage of energy with ever increasing of the oil price. Interleaved Boost converter (IBC) has better performance characteristics when compared to a conventional boost converter due to its increased efficiency, reduction in size and greater reliability. This paper focuses on the design and development of a battery charger with PV input and constant output voltage of 19.5V that utilizing two phase interleaved boost converter topology. The various parameters of the IBC are compared with a conventional boost converter. Simulation studies have been carried out using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The hardware is implemented with a battery, interleaved boost converter and ARDUINO Mega 2560 board. The ARDUINO board is used to generate the pulses for boost converter switches and the output voltage of interleaved boost converter is given to charge the battery. This topology increases the performance of the dc to dc converter and reduces the ripples. The result obtained through the simulation is verified with the hardware. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV4I40747 Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 4 Publication Date: 01/07/2016 Page(s): 972-975 |
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