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Design and Implementation of New Topology for Nonisolated DC–DC Microconverter with Effective Clamping Circuit

    https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218126619500828Cited by:13 (Source: Crossref)

    This paper presents nonisolated DC–DC converter which suits for solar photovoltaic (PV) applications. The DC–DC converter proposed in this paper utilizes coupled inductor, voltage boost capacitor and passive clamp circuit to achieve desired voltage gain and the passive clamp circuit will help the converter to accomplish high efficiency. To minimize the voltage spike/ringing across MOSFET drain-source and to recover the coupled inductor leakage energy, the RCD clamp circuit is used. The voltage lift capacitor along with the clamp circuit helps in increasing the voltage gain of the converter. The proposed converter offers low voltage stress on MOSFET and diode, low-coupled inductor turns ratio with low duty cycle. The converter is analyzed and simulated with PLECS standalone simulating environment for all aspects of the clamp circuit. The simulation results are compared with RCD and other clamping circuits to verify the performance of the proposed converter. The converter is also compared with active clamping to discuss the effectiveness of passive clamping circuit. To track the maximum power from the solar PV module, the conventional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques are used. The prototype is designed and implemented for 150W and experimental results are verified.

    This paper was recommended by Regional Editor Piero Malcovati.