Double Boost Power-Decoupling Topology Suitable for Low-Voltage Photovoltaic Residential Applications Using Sliding-Mode Impedance-Shaping Controller

Mohamed Atef Tawfik; Ashraf Ahmed; Joung-Hu Park

Double Boost Power-Decoupling Topology Suitable for Low-Voltage Photovoltaic Residential Applications Using Sliding-Mode Impedance-Shaping Controller

Mohamed Atef Tawfik

Ashraf Ahmed

Joung-Hu Park

Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 881-893, Jul. 2019

10.6113/JPE.2019.19.4.881

Cascaded double-boost converter

Impedance shaping

Photovoltaic

Power decoupling

Ripple rejection design

Sliding mode control design

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Abstract

This paper proposes a practical sliding-mode controller design for shaping the impedances of cascaded boost-converter power decoupling circuits for reducing the second order harmonic ripple in photovoltaic (PV) current. The cascaded double-boost converter, when used as power decoupling circuit, has some advantages in terms of a high step-up voltage-ratio, a small number of switches and a better efficiency when compared to conventional topologies. From these features, it can be seen that this topology is suitable for residential (PV) rooftop systems. However, a robust controller design capable of rejecting double frequency inverter ripple from passing to the (PV) source is a challenge. The design constraints are related to the principle of the impedanceshaping technique to maximize the output impedance of the input-side boost converter, to block the double frequency PV current ripple component, and to prevent it from passing to the source without degrading the system dynamic responses. The design has a small recovery time in the presence of transients with a low overshoot or undershoot. Moreover, the proposed controller ensures that the ripple component swings freely within a voltage-gap between the (PV) and the DC-link voltages by the small capacitance of the auxiliary DC-link for electrolytic-capacitor elimination. The second boost controls the main DC-link voltage tightly within a satisfactory ripple range. The inverter controller performs maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for the input voltage source using ripple correlation control (RCC). The robustness of the proposed control was verified by varying system parameters under different load conditions. Finally, the proposed controller was verified by simulation and experimental results.

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[IEEE Style]

M. A. Tawfik, A. Ahmed, J. Park, "Double Boost Power-Decoupling Topology Suitable for Low-Voltage Photovoltaic Residential Applications Using Sliding-Mode Impedance-Shaping Controller," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 881-893, 2019. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2019.19.4.881.

[ACM Style]

Mohamed Atef Tawfik, Ashraf Ahmed, and Joung-Hu Park. 2019. Double Boost Power-Decoupling Topology Suitable for Low-Voltage Photovoltaic Residential Applications Using Sliding-Mode Impedance-Shaping Controller. Journal of Power Electronics, 19, 4, (2019), 881-893. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2019.19.4.881.