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Buck Converter with Soft-Switching Cells for PV Panel Applications

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  • Cheng-Tao Tsai

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, Taiwan)

  • Wang-Min Chen

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, Taiwan)

Abstract

In power conversion of photovoltaic (PV) energy, a hard-switching buck converter always generates some disadvantages. For example, serious electromagnetic interference (EMI), high switching losses, and stresses on an active switch (metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect-transistor, MOSFET), and high reverse-recovery losses of a freewheeling diode result in low conversion efficiency. To release these disadvantages, a buck converter with soft-switching cells for PV panel applications is proposed. To create zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) features of the active switches, a simple active soft-switching cell with an inductor, a capacitor, and a MOSFET is incorporated into the proposed buck converter. Therefore, the switching losses and stresses of the active switches and EMI can be reduced significantly. To reduce reverse-recovery losses of a freewheeling diode, a simple passive soft-switching cell with a capacitor and two diodes is implemented. To verify the performance and the feasibility of the proposed buck converter with soft-switching cells for PV panel applications, a prototype soft-switching buck converter is built and implemented by using a maximum-power-point-tracking (MPPT) method. Simulated and experimental results are presented from a 100 W soft-switching buck converter for PV panel applications.

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  • Cheng-Tao Tsai & Wang-Min Chen, 2016. "Buck Converter with Soft-Switching Cells for PV Panel Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:9:y:2016:i:3:p:148-:d:64887
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    1. Chih-Lung Shen & Cheng-Tao Tsai, 2012. "Double-Linear Approximation Algorithm to Achieve Maximum-Power-Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Arrays," Energies, MDPI, vol. 5(6), pages 1-16, June.
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