This paper presents a wide range maximum power point tracker (MPPT) using fuzzy logic controller for PV sizing and efficiency improvement. The MPPT consists of a buck boost converter, controlled by a fuzzy logic. The fuzzy has two inputs and single output. Inputs are voltage and current of the PV, while the output is duty cycle for the buck boost. The MPPT effectively tracks at average 97.3% of...

The main objective of this paper is to compare the performance between fuzzy controller and proportional integral controller in improving the performance of the DC-DC Buck Converter. The evaluation of the output has been carried out and compared by software simulation using MATLAB. This paper also evaluates the stability of the system with fuzzy controller and PI controller and concludes that t...

The soft-switching technology is widely used in DC-DC converters, DC-AC inverters, and AC-DC rectifiers. Soft-switching non-isolated DC/DC converters (Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost) are the most active research area of technology, fruitful results achieved. However, there currently no comprehensive review for converters. This paper introduces topologies presents classification characteristic all kind...

The aim of this research is to present a simple online condition monitoring system to predict failure of the aluminum electrolytic capacitors used in the output LC filter of the switched mode DC–DC buck converters. Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) is the best indicator of the failure of the aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The main idea of the proposed method is to monitor the ESR value and...

Reduced switching loss favours Pulse Skipping Modulation mode of switching dc-to-dc converters at light loads. Under certain conditions the converter operates in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). Inductor current starts from zero in each switching cycle as the switching frequency is constant and not adequately high. A DC-to-DC buck converter is modelled and simulated in this paper under DCM....

A new kind of buck in buck, boost in boost grid tied inverter is analysed in this paper. In this family of inverters only a single power stage works at high frequency at a time. This reduces the losses due to switching and hence improves efficiency. There is only minimum filtering inductance in the power loop and over filtering does not take place. The analysis of the operating modes of the inv...

This paper describes the implementation of fuzzy control algorithm (state controller with adjustable gains by fuzzy sets) in DC-DC Buck converter. All tasks are implemented by FPGA. Fuzzy sets are tuned by genetic algorithm of-line by using Fuzzy-logic and genetic toolbox in MATLAB. Fuzzyfication and defuzzyfication algorithms are implemented in real time in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)...

Dr. Kirby Sweitzer of Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, assists a young patient during a recent visit to Honduras. More than a decade ago, Joan Buck, RN, surgical staff nurse, and Judy Melnyk, RN, surgery/operating room instructor — both longtime employees at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio — started collecting clean but "contaminated" surgical materials for annual medical mission trip...

This chapter deals with the design methodologies to obtain DC-DC converters with multiple outputs and only one inductor. The four possible schemes, buck, boost, and inverting or noninverting buck-boost, are considered. The key specific problems related to the issue are the inductor current switching scheme, the multiple-loops control, the suitable driving of power switches and, accordingly, the...

In this paper, H∞ loop-shaping control is applied to improve the performance of a buckboost dc-dc power converter based on pulse-width-modulation (PWM) techniques. Here, classical control techniques (i.e., proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control) and post-modern control techniques (i.e., H∞ control), are used to design the feedback loop of a buck-boost dc-dc power converter. The results ...