International Conference on Advances in Communication and Computing Technologies 2012 |
Foundation of Computer Science USA |
ICACACT - Number 3 |
August 2012 |
Authors: Manimekalai.p, Harikumar.r, Aiswarya.r |
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Manimekalai.p, Harikumar.r, Aiswarya.r . An Overview of Converters for Photo Voltaic Power Generating Systems. International Conference on Advances in Communication and Computing Technologies 2012. ICACACT, 3 (August 2012), 25-30.
The photovoltaic (PV) systems exhibits nonlinear I-V characteristics and maximum power point varies with solar radiation or insolation and temperature. An intermediate pulse width modulation dc to dc converters can increase efficiency of the system by providing impedance matching between the PV system and the load and operating the PV cell arrays at their maximum power point using MPPT techniques. This paper provides an overview of different types of dc to dc converters used with PV systems.