I am doing a project on using interleaved boost converters in solar systems and wanted to know if it would be cheaper than installing more solar panels to produce a given amount of energy
Dear Philip Opedun ,
The dc/dc boost converter raises the output voltage of the PV array while maintaining the output power almost equal to the maximum output power operating conditions.
So from the power point of view there is no multiplication of the power rather it slightly decreases the final output power as it cause some slight losses.
The amount of energy is merely determined by the size of the PV and the their operating time. You have to size the PV array to output the required energy in the intended time.
Bets wishes
DC-DC boost power converters play an important role in solar power systems; they step up the input voltage of a solar array for a given set of conditions. This paper presents an overview of the variance boost converter topologies. Each boost converter is evaluated on its capability to operate efficient, size, and cost of implementation. Conventional boost converter and interleaved boost converter are widely used topologies in photovoltaic systems reported; however, they have negative sides of varied efficiency level under changed weather conditions. Therefore, this paper proposes, interleaved boost converter with novel switch adaptive control, to maximise efficiency of standalone photovoltaic system under change of solar power levels, due to illadation condition.
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