Triple-Mode Active-Passive Parallel Intermediate Links Converter With High Voltage Gain and Flexibility in Selection of Duty Cycles

Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar; Dhafer J. Almakhles; Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban; Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen; A. Rakesh Kumar; Samson O. Masebinu

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3010594

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Triple-Mode Active-Passive Parallel Intermediate Links Converter With High Voltage Gain and Flexibility in Selection of Duty Cycles

Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar,
Dhafer J. Almakhles,
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban,
Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen,
A. Rakesh Kumar,
Samson O. Masebinu

Affiliations

Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar: ORCiD; Department of Communications and Networks Engineering, College of Engineering, Renewable Energy Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dhafer J. Almakhles: ORCiD; Department of Communications and Networks Engineering, College of Engineering, Renewable Energy Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban: ORCiD; Department of Energy Technology, Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark
Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen: ORCiD; Department of Energy Technology, Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark
A. Rakesh Kumar: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, India
Samson O. Masebinu: ORCiD; Department of Energy Technology, Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3010594
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 134716 – 134727

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A high number of research work is being carried out in the field of DC-DC converters to improve the performance of microgrid operation. The DC microgrid has a high level of acceptance because of the integration of renewable energy sources. In DC Microgrid, there is a need for improved DC-DC converter topologies which offer high gain, small size, enhanced efficiency, reduced voltage stress and reduced component count etc. A new Triple-Mode Active-Passive Parallel Intermediate Links (TM-A2P-IL) converter is proposed in the paper. The A2P-IL is designed by a combination of an inductor, capacitor, diode, and control switch. The proposed converter is derived by inserting A2P-IL in conventional boost converter. The proposed TM-A2P-IL converter operates in three modes and provides a high voltage gain without using a transformer, voltage multiplier stages, coupled inductor, switched inductor/capacitor circuitry. The other benefits of the proposed TM-A2P-IL converters are flexibility in the selection of duty cycles, reduced voltage stress of devices, small reactive components, single-stage power conversion. The proposed converter circuit, operating principle, steady-state analysis is studied for both CCM and DCM, discussed. The comparison between available similar type converters and the proposed converter is provided. The operation and performance of the proposed A2P-IL converter are validated through simulation and experimental work.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
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