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DC-DC converter for photovoltaic powered battery charger

Shahrooz Hajighorbani (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia and Center for Advanced Power and Energy Research (CAPER), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia)
Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia and Center for Advanced Power and Energy Research (CAPER), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia)
Mohd Zainal Abidin Ab Kadir (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia)
Suhaidi Bin Shafie (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia)

World Journal of Engineering

ISSN: 1708-5284

Article publication date: 5 December 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to show in power-voltage curve, a unique maximum power point (MPP) is existed which has the maximum power.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper presents a MPP tracker algorithm for a standalone system includes DC-DC buck converter and battery storage.

Findings

By using this algorithm, the maximum available power is achieved and simultaneously, the battery is charged and also protected against overcharge and discharge. The operation of the proposed algorithm is evaluated in with Proteus software to be sure that it can be implemented in microcontroller in reality.

Originality/value

The simulations results show that the proposed algorithm is able to detect the MPP under different irradiations. Moreover, the battery is charged during the day by PV and protected against overcharge and discharge.

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Citation

Hajighorbani, S., Mohd Radzi, M.A., Ab Kadir, M.Z.A. and Bin Shafie, S. (2016), "DC-DC converter for photovoltaic powered battery charger", World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 13 No. 6, pp. 516-523. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-09-2016-0085

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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