Design and Implementation of LLC Resonant Converter for Photovoltaic Battery Charging Application

2015 ◽  
Vol 785 ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Adrian Soon Theam Tan ◽  
Shahid Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Battery Charging ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Llc Resonant Converter

Photovoltaic power conditioning system (PVPCS) requires a high efficiency dc-dc converterstage capable of wide input voltage regulation and have the ease of maximum power point implementation for both stand alone photovoltaic system and grid-connected system. Galvanic isolation at the dc-dc stage can replace the isolation needed in the inverter stage and thus reduce the sizeof isolation transformer and increases overall system efficiency. This paper presents detailed analysis,design and implementation of a LLC resonant converter for photovoltaic battery charging application.The LLC resonant converter operate with zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn on and low current turnoff thus reducing switching losses. The experimental results are given to validate the operation andperformance of the converter.

scholarly journals Voltage Balance Switching Scheme for Series-Connected SiC MOSFET LLC Resonant Converter

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 4003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cha ◽  
Kim
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Switching Scheme ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Voltage Balance ◽  
Llc Resonant Converter

To achieve high efficiency and power density, silicon carbide (SiC)-based Inductor-Inductor-Capacitor (LLC) resonant converters are applied to the DC/DC converter stage of a solid-state transformer (SST). However, because the input voltage of an SST is higher than the rated voltage of a commercial SiC device, it is essential to connect SiC devices in series. This structure is advantageous in terms of voltage rating, but a parasitic capacitance tolerance between series-connected SiC devices causes voltage imbalance. Such imbalance greatly reduces system stability as it causes overvoltage breakdown of SiC device. Therefore, this paper proposes a switching scheme to solve the voltage imbalance between SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). The proposed scheme sequentially turns off series-connected SiC MOSFETs to compensate for the turn-off delays caused by parasitic capacitor tolerances. In addition, dead-time selection methods to achieve voltage balance and zero voltage switching simultaneously are provided in detail. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, experiments were conducted on a 2 kW series-connected SiC MOSFET LLC resonant converter prototype.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of 2.5kW IBFB-LLC DC/ DC Converter Using SiC Mosfet

2021 ◽  
Vol 31.2 (149) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Power Flow ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Voltage Range ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Power Switches ◽  
Isolation Transformer ◽  
Zero Voltage

Interleaved Boost Full Bridge integrated LLC resonant (IBFB- LLC) is an isolated DC/DC converter with directional power flow, which can cope with a wide input voltage range of PV applications. The main losses of the converter are switching losses of the power switches and transformers losses. This paper proposes a method to improve the efficiency of the IBFB converter due to zero voltage switching technique, in combination with employing new SiC MOSFET technology instead of the conventional Si MOSFET. In addition, Litz wire is also adopted to reduce the losses on the high frequency isolation transformer. Both numerical simulations and experiments with a prototype 2.5kW converter are implemented to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed solution.

scholarly journals Optimal Design of a High Efficiency LLC Resonant Converter with a Narrow Frequency Range for Voltage Regulation

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhao Luo ◽  
Junhua Wang ◽  
Zhijian Fang ◽  
Jianwei Shao ◽  
Jiangui Li
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Llc Resonant Converter ◽  
Narrow Frequency Range

scholarly journals A bidirectional resonant converter based on wide input range and high efficiency for photovoltaic application

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Alhamrouni ◽  
M. R. Bin Hamzah ◽  
Mohamed Salem ◽  
Awang Jusoh ◽  
Azhar Bin Khairuddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Power Conditioning ◽  
Dc Voltage ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Photovoltaic Application ◽  
Series Resonant ◽  
Input Range ◽  
Selection Of

<span lang="EN-US">This work highlights a modular power conditioning system (PCS) in photovoltaic (PV) applications which consists with a DC-DC converter. The converter is able to regulate and amplify the input DC voltage produced by the PV panal. The implementation of Mosfet as bidirectional switch on the converter yields greater conversion ratio and better voltage regulation than a conventional DC-DC step up converter and PWM resonant converter. It also reduces the switching losses on the output DC voltage of the converter, as the MOSFET switches on primary winding of converter switch on under ZVS conditions. The proposed resonant converter has been designed, with the modification of series resonant converter and PWM boost converter that utilizes the high frequency of AC bidirectional switch to eliminate the weaknesses of used converters. The topology of the proposed converter includes the mode of operations, designing procedure and components selection of the new converter elements. This topology provides a DC output voltage to the inverter at range of about 120Vac-208 Vac. </span>

scholarly journals A Novel Multi-Element Resonant Converter with Self-Driven Synchronous Rectification

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-Yuan Lin ◽  
Yi-Feng Lin ◽  
Sih-Yi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Input Voltage ◽  
Inrush Current ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Detection Scheme ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Light Load ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Synchronous Rectification

This paper proposes a novel multi-element resonant converter with self-driven synchronous rectification (SR). The proposed resonant converter can achieve a zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) operation from light load to full load, meanwhile, the zero-current-switching (ZCS) can achieve rectifiers of a secondary-side. Therefore, the switching losses can be significantly reduced. Compared with an LLC resonant converter, the proposed resonant converter can be effective to decrease the circulating energy through the primary-side of the transformer to output a load and provide a wide voltage gain range for over-current protection as well as decreasing the inrush current under the start-up condition. Moreover, the proposed converter uses a simple current detection scheme to control the synchronous rectification switches. A detailed analysis and design of this novel multi-element resonant converter with self-driven synchronous rectification is described. Finally, a DC input voltage of 380-VDC and an output voltage/current of 12-VDC/54-A for the resonant converter prototype is built to verify the theoretical analysis and performance of the proposed converter.

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