In this paper, a direct ac-to-dc power converter is proposed for efficient energy harvesting from the low voltage inertial micro generators. The conventional power converters use diode bridge rectifiers and condition the micro generator outputs in two stages. Hence, they are inefficient and may not be a feasible option for very low voltage micro generators. Moreover, they are not conducive for ...

A new approach to portable photo-voltaic systems which described in this paper is of very low power (5W) and main purpose is for recharging or powering small portable electronics devices. The objects of this study are: i) the optimization of photo-voltaic cells connection with regard to portable conditions; a nonstandard topology is adopted, to compensate shadowing or nonoptimal orientation; ii...

This paper presents an AC module inverter for photovoltaic (PV) power system. The PV inverter employs a Buck-Boost converter on the DC side and a flyback inverter on the AC side. Based on capacitive idling (CI) techniques and peak current control method, the proposed inverter shows low current distortion, high power factor, small power decoupling capacitor and soft-switching operation. Analysis...

The voltage source inverter (VSI) and current voltage source inverter (CSI) are widely used in industrial application. But the traditional VSIs and CSIs have one common problem: can’t boost or buck the voltage come from battery, which make them impossible to be used alone in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV/EV) motor drive application, other issue is the traditional inverter need to add the dead-ba...

A nonlinear modeling approach for zero-currentswitch (ZCS) quasi-resonant converters (QRC) is proposed which can be derived easily using simple analytical techniques. The converter model obtained is readily absorbed by MATLAB for analysis and design of both the openand closed-loop configurations in fast speed. Simulations have shown its accuracy, even for large-signal transient responses. Appli...