Research Article | OPEN ACCESS
Design of Cuk Converter Powered by PV Array
1R. Sriranjani, 1A. ShreeBharathi and 2S. Jayalalitha
1EEE Department
2EIE Department, School of EEE, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2013 5:793-796
Received: August 31, 2012 | Accepted: October 03, 2012 | Published: June 25, 2013
Abstract
This study presents PV power based cuk converter for dc load application. The maximum power from the sun radiation is obtained by sun tracking and Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT). The sun tracking is implemented by the stepper motor control and MPPT is implemented by the Cuk converter and the load voltage is maintained constant irrespective of the variation in solar power. This technique improves the dynamic and steady state characteristics of the system. The simulation was done in MATLAB simulink and the experiments are carried out and the results are presented.
Keywords:
Cuk converter, inverter, PI controller, PV array, stepper motor,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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