PV Powered High Voltage Pulse Converter with Switching Cells for Food Processing Application

In recent years, industries in the suburb have retrofitted their power supply units with solar systems. Using systems for various applications, such as food processing, enables energy expense saving. A promising opportunity industry is solar-powered Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) used treatment of fruits and by-products. For this application, a converter proposed paper combination passive switched inductor cell capacitor cell. Furthermore, derived topology possesses an extendable feature. This generates high voltage repetitive pulses single semiconductor switch reduced component count. Dynamic study also performed derivation transfer function. Cost effective, reliable, simple circuitry are critical features topology. The circuit can generate by increasing number inductors cells. correlation on impact inductor/capacitor analyzed, which not usually performed. 50 W prototype designed tested to validate performance