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Simulation of Pulse Width Modulation DC-DC Converters Through Symbolic Analysis Techniques
The problem of Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) DC-DC converter simulation is faced in this paper. It is shown how the analysis of this kind of circuits, nonlinear and switching for their nature, can be easily and quickly executed by using symbolic analysis techniques. The paper also presents the program SapWinPE, which performs an automatic symbolic…
Read More DC-DC Buck Converter Driver with Variable Off-Time Peak Current Mode Control
Power converters in automotive industries are needed to source electronic devices. DC-DC Buck converter allows to drive loads ensuring their safety operation taking the car battery voltage as an input to generate a sub-voltage or current. By means of a control loop, the system makes sure that the output variable has the desired value in…
Read More Comparative Study of Control Algorithms Through Different Converters to Improve the Performance of a Solar Panel
This article aims at comparing two controls to follow the maximum power point, making use of DC-DC converters for PV uses. All transformers operate continuously. To fulfil maximum power, we will exploit two MPPT controls: a traditional perturb – observe ‘P&O’ and a smart one – the fuzzy logic ‘FL’. The goal of this article…
Read More Three port converters used as interface in photovoltaic energy systems
The aim of this paper is to derive and study a full-bridge three-port converter. Based on the standard design of full-bridge converter, we have modeled and derived a three port converter. The three port converter can be used in renewable energy scenarios, such as solar cells or wind turbines connected to the input port. The…
Read More The Analysis and Comparison of Multiport Converter used for Renewable Energy Sources
The concept of renewable energy is increasing day by day because the electrical applications are moving towards utilization of renewable sources and due to this factor electric power is also gaining ground and new type of converters are modelled in order to get high utilization of renewable sources. In this paper, two types of multiport…
Read More Electromagnetic Field and Lumped Circuit Analysis of Planar Transformer at Medium Frequency for Converter Application
High frequency planar transformer is a new type of transformer that operates at high frequency. Its significance is proved through its miniaturised features, high power density and other performances. The design of planar transformer needs to consider several fundamental factors, including core material, dimension of layers and winding pattern. As the volume decreases, extra attentions…
Read More A DC Grid-Connected PV Microgrid Regulated via Digital and MBPC Cascade Control Strategies
The current paper focuses on the design of cascade control systems employed in photovoltaic (PV) powered microgrids (MG), which have been well received in remote agricultural farms in Ecuador. The study case is composed of a three-phase inverter powered by a DC-DC converter fed by a PV array and its control system. To simulate the…
Read More Study and Implementation of LEDs Drivers with Dimming Capability
Nowadays, LED lights take an important place in our daily lives and they have known a great growth in indoor as well as in outdoor lighting applications. LED (Light Emitting Diode) light sources including their own drivers have excluded many systems fitted with both inefficient light sources. In this paper we present, a LED driver…
Read More Current Control of Battery-Supercapacitors System for Electric Vehicles based on Rule-Base Linear Quadratic Regulator
This research aims to investigate the energy and power management of a battery-supercapacitors Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) for Electric vehicles (EVs). A bidirectional DC-DC converter, a battery and a set of supercapacitors were employed to construct the parallel semi-active architecture of HESS. Two strategies of Rule-Base Linear Quadratic Regulators (R-B LQRs) were proposed to…
Read More Performance Analysis of Regenerative Braking in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives
This paper describes the design and analysis of a regenerative braking system for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive for electric vehicle (EV) applications. First studied is the principle for electric braking control of a PMSM motor under field-oriented control (FOC). Next, the maximum braking torque in the regeneration mode as well as the…
Read More Control of a three-stage medium voltage solid-state transformer
This paper proposes the modeling and control of a Solid-State Transformer using a three-stage conversion topology. First, a rectification stage is used, where a three-phase high-voltage AC signal is converted to a DC level; this stage is then followed by a DC-DC converter, and finally an inverter is used to convert the DC into a…
Read More Optimizing the front-end power solution for automotive ADAS systems
In this paper the front-end power solution for automotive ADAS electronic systems is analyzed. The increased complexity of electronic systems in ADAS automotive brings new challenges for hardware design, especially with regard to improving the efficiency of the switched-mode power supply while maintaining the overall cost reasonably low and keeping the occupied area on the…
Read More Efficiency of Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Controller Based on a Fuzzy Logic
This paper examines the efficiency of a fuzzy logic control (FLC) based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of a photovoltaic (PV) system under variable climate conditions and connected load requirements. The PV system including a PV module BP SX150S, buck-boost DC-DC converter, MPPT, and a resistive load is modeled and simulated using Matlab/Simulink package. In…
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