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Simulation Analysis of Voltage-Lift Type Boost

Converter for Solar Photovoltaic System
Kalyani Sharma1, Raj Kiran B.2
1
[Link] Scholar, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India
2
Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India

Abstract: Solar photovoltaic (SPV) systems are now widely used to generate electric power for homes, industries and commercial
buildings. In photovoltaic based power system, power electronic interfaces are required for the efficient and reliable performance. This
paper deals with photovoltaic based voltage-lift type boost converter for a standalone system. In this type of positive output dc-dc boost
converters series voltage-lift technique is applied. Compared with the traditional boost converter, this converter can give dc-dc voltage
with higher voltage conversion ratios. It is different from other existing dc-dc boost converters and is featured with the single-switch
operation in simple structures. This voltage lift boost converter is connected with single phase full bridge inverter for AC system
applications. In this paper simulation analysis of photovoltaic based traditional boost converter and voltage-lift type double and triple
boost converter is done in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The simulation of boost converters integrated with single phase full bridge
inverter and LC filter is also done. It is observed that with the use of voltage-lift type converter high voltage is obtained at the output
stage and with the use of LC filter more sinusoidal AC output voltage is possible and the power quality of boost converter fed
photovoltaic standalone system is highly improved.

Keywords: Solar photovoltaic, boost converter, dc-dc, voltage-lift type, single phase full bridge inverter, passive filters

1. Introduction industrial applications, especially for high output voltage

projects.
In the recent years, with the growth in population, the
demand for electrical energy has also increased. As a result, This paper presents an experimental study of PV system
the research has been extended to generating power from based Boost converter. We present in the first an operating
solar energy. The key element required for producing principle of Traditional boost converter. The Boost converter
electricity from sun is the solar panel or photovoltaic panel with various voltage- lift is shown in the second part. In third
(PV panel). Photovoltaic (PV) sources are used today in part, the different experimental results obtained are
many applications from satellite power systems to battery presented.
chargers and home appliances. PV is an important green
energy source because it has the advantages of being 2. Traditional Boost Converter
pollution free, low maintenance, with no noise or wear due to
the absence of moving parts. Usually, when a PV module is This paper mainly focused on a Photovoltaic system based
directly connected to a load, the operating point is rarely at voltage lift type boost converter. A boost converter (step-up
the maximum power point or MPP. Thus tracking the converter) is a power converter with an output DC voltage
maximum power point (MPP) of a photovoltaic (PV) array is greater than its input DC voltage. Boost converter is
usually an essential part of a PV system. A converter is sometimes called a step-up converter since it “steps up” the
therefore required to produce a constant voltage that is source voltage. The key principle that drives the boost
matched to the requirements of the load and supplied converter is the tendency of an inductor to resist changes in
efficiently. current. When being charged it acts as a load and absorbs
energy (somewhat like a resistor); when being discharged it
The voltage lift technique is a popular method that is widely acts as an energy source (somewhat like a battery). The
applied in electronic circuit design. Because of the effect of voltage it produces during the discharge phase is related to
parasitic elements, the output voltage and power transfer the rate of change of current, and not to the original charging
efficiency of DC-DC power converters are limited. The voltage, thus allowing different input and output voltages.
voltage lift technique opens a good way to improve circuit
characteristics. After long-term research, this technique has 3. Voltage Lift-Type Boost Converter
been successfully applied for DC-DC power converters.
These converters perform positive to positive DC-DC voltage
The fig. 1 shows a step up or PWM boost converter. It
increasing conversion with high power density, high
consists of a dc input voltage source Vs, boost inductor L,
efficiency and cheap topology in simple structure. They are
controlled switch S, diode D, filter capacitor C, and the load
different from other existing DC-DC step-up power
resistance R. When the switch S is in the on state, the current
converters and possess many advantages including a high
in the boost inductor increases linearly and the diode D is off
output voltage with small ripples. Therefore, these converters
at that time. When the switch S is turned off, the energy
will be widely used in computer peripheral equipment and

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stored in the inductor is released through the diode to the
output RC circuit.

Figure 1: Circuit diagram of Boost converter

3.1 Double Lift Boost Converter

The Double-lift circuit shown in Fig. 2 is derived from the

boost converter by adding the
components . The combination of
can be regarded as a basic VL cell
to enhance the voltage boost ability of the circuit. When
switch S turns on, both and are on, and is off. Figure 3: Triple-lift circuit
When S turns off, both and is off, and is on. The
capacitor performs characteristics to lift the output 4. Inverter
capacitor voltage by the input voltage .
An inverter is basically a device that converts electrical
energy of DC form into that of AC. The purpose of DC-AC
inverter is to take DC power from a battery source and
converts it to AC. For example the household inverter
receives DC supply from 12V or 24V battery and then
inverter converts it to 240V AC with a desirable frequency of
50Hz or 60Hz. These DC-AC inverters have been widely
used for grid connection of Wind Energy System or
Photovoltaic System.

The inverters usually operate in a pulse width modulated

(PWM) way and switch between different circuit topologies,
which means that the inverter is a nonlinear, specifically
piecewise smooth system. In addition to this, the control
strategies used in the inverters are also similar to those in
DC-DC converters. Both current-mode control and voltage-
mode control are employed in practical applications. There
Figure 2: Double-lift circuit are various types of PWM techniques and so we get different
output and the choice of the inverter depends on cost, noise
3.2 Triple Lift Boost Converter and efficiency. We will discuss only sinusoidal pulse width
modulation technique below.
The triple-lift circuit shown in Fig. 4 is derived from the
double lift circuit by adding the Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation: In this modulation
technique are multiple numbers of output pulse per half cycle
components . The combination of
and pulses are of different width. The width of each pulse is
can be varying in proportion to the amplitude of a sine wave
divided into two basic VL cells. The first VL cell evaluated at the center of the same pulse. The gating signals
is , and the second VL cell are generated by comparing a sinusoidal reference with a
is . When S turns on, , and high frequency triangular signal.
are on, and is off. When S turns off, and
are off, and is on. Both and perform
characteristics to lift the output capacitor voltage by .
Performs the function of a ladder joint to link the two
capacitors and lift .

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Figure 6: Input and output voltage of boost converter

Figure 4: Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation

In this paper we take carrier frequency is 10 kHz, Modulation

index is 0.9, modulation signal frequency for sine wave is 50
Hz.

5. Passive Filter
Harmonic elimination in inverters fed from a standalone
photovoltaic power system is becoming very important in AC
power applications. For standalone PV applications,
generally PWM based single phase full bridge inverters are
used for connecting the output from the PV panel to an Figure 7: Inverter output voltage
isolated ac load. However PWM inverters inherently
generate harmonics and produce a distorted output thereby
reducing the power quality of the total system. A simple
method to reduce output harmonic from a voltage source
inverter is the use of a LC filter which is usually placed
between the inverter and the load in a standalone PV system,
is a second-order type of filter. A passive LC filter contains
an inductor connected in parallel with a capacitor.

6. Simulation Analysis
Table 1: Simulation Parameters
[Link] Parameter Values
1 Input voltage 21 V
2 Switching frequency 10 KHz
3 Duty Cycle 0.8333 Figure 8: Output current and voltage from PV fed boost
4 Carrier frequency 10 KHz
inverter with LC filter
5 Output frequency 50 Hz
6 Load R= 200Ω ; L = 12mH
(B) Photovoltaic array fed double lift boost inverter
(A) Photovoltaic array fed boost inverter circuit

Figure 5: Simulink model of PV fed boost inverter circuit Figure 9: Simulink Model of photovoltaic array fed double
lift boost inverter
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Figure 10: Input and output voltage of photovoltaic array

double lift boost converter

Figure 13: Simulink model of photovoltaic array fed triple

boost inverter

Figure 11: Inverter output voltage

Figure 14: Input and output voltage of photovoltaic array fed

triple lift boost converter

Figure 12: Result of output current and voltage from filter in

PV inverter circuit

(C)Photovoltaic array fed triple boost inverter

Figure 15: Inverter output voltage

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