Among renewable energy sources, solar power has the potential to become one of the main contributors to the future electricity supply. Low voltage photovoltaic systems require a high voltage gain converter for module’s grid connection through a DC-AC inverter. This paper proposes a converter that achieves a high step-up voltage conversion ratio, which contains a coupled inductor, without extrem...

This paper focuses on the study of DC-to-DC converters, which are suitable for low-voltage high-power applications. The output voltages generated by renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic arrays and fuel cell stacks are generally low and required to be increased to high voltage levels. Development of DC-to-DC converters, which provide high step-up voltage conversion ratios with high effi...

This paper presented a closed loop control of asymmetrical PWM full bridge converter; Renewable energy and distributed generation are getting more and more popular, wind turbines, and fuel cells. The renewable energy sources need the power electronics interface to the utility grid because of different characteristics between the sources and the grid. No matter what renewable energy source is ut...

This paper presents the development of a DC-DC boost converter. In the proposed boost converter design, a passive regenerative snubber circuit is included to absorb the energy of stray inductance so as to reduce the IGBT switching losses. MATLAB simulation as well as an experiment results are conducted to validate the proposed device. The results show that the proposed boost converter design gi...

As for traveling wave direct energy converter (TWDEC), which was expected to be an efficient recovery device fast protons created in D-3He fusion, efficiency dependence on deceleration voltage examined. A decelerator designed based the theory of constant scheme, ions were trapped a decelerated potential, and simulation experiment performed. Over certain voltage, degraded when increased, contrad...

Interfacing converters utilized in connecting energy storage systems like ultra capacitors and battery banks to wind generation systems introduce additional cost and power losses. This paper thus presents an immediate integration theme for ultra capacitors utilized in mitigating short-run power fluctuations in wind generation systems. This theme uses a dual electrical converter topology for eac...

In this project presents a new non conventional energy source based bidirectional dc/dc converter for transfer the power in both directions. The nonconventional source of solar energy with Maximum Power Point Tracking is used to avoid the demand of electric power, which is inexhaustible and non pollution .The maximum power point traction is the combination of switch mode converter and Controlle...

The global electrical energy consumption is still rising and there is a steady demand to increase the power capacity. Deregulation of energy has lowered the investment in larger power plants, which means the need for new electrical power sources may be increased in the near future. In general, this paper discusses role of modern power electronics in small size wind energy and hybrid generating ...

––The objective of this paper is to propose anovel multi-input power converter for the gridconnected hybrid renewable energy system in order to simplify the power system and reduce the cost. The proposed multiinput power converter consists of a Cuk fused multi-input dc–dc converter and a fullbridge dc– ac inverter. The incremental conductance method is mainly used to accomplish the maximum powe...

AbstructThe history, application options, and ideal basic performance of the thermionic energy converter are outlined. The basic plasma types associated with various modes of converter operation are described, with emphasis on identification and semi-quantitative characterization of the dominant physical processes and utility of each plasma type. The frontier plasma science issues in thermionic...