BOOST CONVERTER FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS

Energy production by utilizing solar power is being improved tremendously nowadays. The PV generated output is less and to boost up the voltage DC-DC converters are utilized and hence it plays an important role. There are many types of converters; here I have utilized Single Ended Primary Inductor Converter (SEPIC) with Voltage Tripler (VT) technique. Then the converter is tested with DC power supply as input under open loop and closed loop applications. And finally the converter is tested with Photo Voltaic (PV) source as input. The proposed converters operating principle, design consideration, performance analysis, simulative results and hardware analysis is detailed.