Efficiency analysis of the boost converter using power balance condition
Issued Date
2011-04
Citation
한국태양에너지학회 논문집, v.31, no.2, pp.120 - 127
Type
Article
ISSN
1598-6411
Abstract
Solararrayhasthefollowingnonlinearcharacteristic,suchaswhoseoutputcurrentincreases,outputvoltage isreduced.Forthisreason,boostconverterwith solararray system isalwayscontrolled to remain on the maximum powerpointofthesolararray.Inthiscase,wearenotfocusedontheoutputofthesolararrayand notconsiderefficiencyoftheboostconverter,whichisassumedreliable.Butefficiencyoftheconverteralsoshould beconsidered ,which affectsthetotalefficiency oftheoverallsolarenergy system.In thispaper,efficiency calculationoftheboostconverterusingpowerbalancemethodisproposed,whichwillbeusedforapowerful referencebeforehardwarerealization.