3Nx DC-DC converter: Interleaved topology to enhance voltage transfer gain

Nikita Gupta, Nil Patel, Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Dhafer Almakhles, Umashankar Subramaniam

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Abstract

To mitigate the voltage transfer gain issue of the classical power converters, an isolated boost converter can be a solution. However, it increases the power circuit dimension and expense due to the involvement of many coupled inductors and transformer. In this treatise, a 3Nx DC-DC converter is proposed for high voltage gain application. High voltage transfer gain is obtained by suggested converters and circuitry is derived from two multistage converters (one inverting and second non-inverting) by connecting them. In more specific, 3Nx power converter fusing the characteristics of 2Nx power converter and Nx DC-DC converter, where voltage multiplier and switched inductor cells are used to improve voltage gain. By doing this, the 3Nx power converter generates the voltage transfer gain 3N times higher than the simple boost power converter, where N is several stages in the suggested power converter. The magnitudes of DC voltage can be increased with more number of stages to make renewable energy resources appropriate at the user level. The operation, voltage gain derivation, comparison with recent converter, simulation study are given. The obtained results are closely matched with mathematical analysis and approve the operation of the 3Nx power converter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication9th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 2020
PublisherIEEE
Publication date16 Dec 2020
Article number9379588
ISBN (Print)978-1-7281-5673-6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-7281-5672-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2020
Event9th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 2020 - Jaipur, India
Duration: 16 Dec 202019 Dec 2020

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 2020
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityJaipur
Period16/12/202019/12/2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The presented research work is supported by Renewable Energy Lab (REL), College of Engineering (CE), Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh 11586, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Boost converter
  • Interleaved structure
  • Multiplier circuitry
  • Non-isolated configuration
  • Voltage gain

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