At National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, India International Conference on Energy, power and Environment (Towards Sustainable Growth) ICEPE 2015 At National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, India 12-13th June,2015 Topic of Presentation theoretical study on performance constraints of a dc-dc buck-boost converter Presented By: Mr. Barnam Jyoti Saharia

Presentation Outline: Introduction: Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic Power Generators A Brief overview of DC-DC Buck-Boost Converter Performance parameters considered in this study DC-DC Buck-Boost Converter Analysis Conclusion Limitation and Scope for future works References

Introduction At the heart of any MPPT there are three components: 1. A switched-mode DC-DC converter 2. A control circuit, and or along with 3. Tracking algorithm. Fig 1: PV panel connected through DC-DC converter with a direct coupled load

Fig 2: Location of Maximum power operating point of PV module connected to a resistive load

maximum power point tracking of photovoltaic power generators: Fig 3: DC-DC converter interface for the operation of PV module at MPP

INTRODUCTION: DC-DC Buck-Boost Converter (1) (2) (3) (4) Fig 4: DC-DC Buck-Boost Converter Operation

PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS CONSIDERED: To analyze the behavior of the DC-DC BUCK-BOOST converter with change of duty ratio or duty cycle (D) five basic parameters have been considered, which have been found to be dependent on the duty ratio. Output Voltage (Vo) Input Current (Io) Effective Input Impedance (Reff) Minimum filter inductance (Lbmin) Minimum filter capacitance (Cmin) 20V, 2A supplying a load of 20Ω. Switching frequency is 100 kHz. Output ripples are considered to be limited to 1%.

Table I: Performance parameters for the Buck-Boost Converters DC-DC BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER ANALYSIS: Table I: Performance parameters for the Buck-Boost Converters Parameter Buck-boost Output Voltage (Vo) Vd(-D)/(1-D) Output Current (Io) -Id (1-D)/D Input Impedance (Reff) RL (1-D) 2/D 2 Minimum filter inductance (Lbmin) (1-D) 2 RL/2f Minimum filter capacitance (Cmin) VoD/(VrRLf) These parameters have been derived considering that the converter is in CCM of operation and works under 100% efficiency [1,7].

DC-DC BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER ANALYSIS: Continued Fig 5: The variation of Duty Ratio with switching period

DC-DC BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER ANALYSIS: Continued Fig 6: Effect of variation of duty ratio on the Io and Vo

DC-DC BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER ANALYSIS: Continued Fig 7: Effect of variation of Duty ratio on the effective input impedance of the Buck-Boost converter

DC-DC BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER ANALYSIS: Continued Fig 8: Effect of variation of Duty ratio on the effective input impedance of the Buck-Boost converter

CONCLUSION: The D decreases inversely with the increase in switching period. Sensitivity – more for lower switching periods. Assumes constant values for higher switching periods. Vo and Reff increases with the decrease of D Io and Reff decrease with the increase of D Voltage sensitivity decreases while current sensitivity increases as D > 0.5.

Limitation and scope for future works: Analysis is carried out under the assumption that the converter operates under CCM and that the converter is lossless. Future works may be carried out taking into consideration the effect of the discontinuous conduction mode(DCM) and switching losses.

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