Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter

This study proposes a novel modified Cuk converter. The proposed converter attempts to resolve the limitations of the conventional converters, such as voltage gain limitations of a canonical Cuk converter. Therefore, the mentioned improvement has made the proposed converters more compatible for rene...

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Autores principales: Hossein Gholizadeh, Saman A. Gorji, Ebrahim Afjei, Dezso Sera
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d75e22ad8757436e99b5b09b5ce7ebd22021-11-11T15:47:43ZDesign and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter10.3390/en142169751996-1073https://doaj.org/article/d75e22ad8757436e99b5b09b5ce7ebd22021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/6975https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073This study proposes a novel modified Cuk converter. The proposed converter attempts to resolve the limitations of the conventional converters, such as voltage gain limitations of a canonical Cuk converter. Therefore, the mentioned improvement has made the proposed converters more compatible for renewable energy applications. Moreover, the increase of the voltage gain in the proposed converter has not impacted the efficiency or the voltage stress of the switches, which is common in other voltage boosting techniques, such as cascading methods. Furthermore, the advantages of a Cuk converter, such as continuity of the input current, have been maintained. The average voltage/current stresses of the semiconductor devices and various types of power losses have been calculated and compared with the existing topologies. Moreover, the non-ideal voltage gain of the proposed converters was compared with the other high step-up topologies. Eventually, the simulation results with PLECS, along with the experiments on an 120 W prototype, have been presented for validation.Hossein GholizadehSaman A. GorjiEbrahim AfjeiDezso SeraMDPI AGarticleCuk convertermodified Cuk converternon-isolated DC–DC convertersTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 6975, p 6975 (2021)
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topic Cuk converter
modified Cuk converter
non-isolated DC–DC converters
Technology
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spellingShingle Cuk converter
modified Cuk converter
non-isolated DC–DC converters
Technology
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Hossein Gholizadeh
Saman A. Gorji
Ebrahim Afjei
Dezso Sera
Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter
description This study proposes a novel modified Cuk converter. The proposed converter attempts to resolve the limitations of the conventional converters, such as voltage gain limitations of a canonical Cuk converter. Therefore, the mentioned improvement has made the proposed converters more compatible for renewable energy applications. Moreover, the increase of the voltage gain in the proposed converter has not impacted the efficiency or the voltage stress of the switches, which is common in other voltage boosting techniques, such as cascading methods. Furthermore, the advantages of a Cuk converter, such as continuity of the input current, have been maintained. The average voltage/current stresses of the semiconductor devices and various types of power losses have been calculated and compared with the existing topologies. Moreover, the non-ideal voltage gain of the proposed converters was compared with the other high step-up topologies. Eventually, the simulation results with PLECS, along with the experiments on an 120 W prototype, have been presented for validation.
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author Hossein Gholizadeh
Saman A. Gorji
Ebrahim Afjei
Dezso Sera
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Ebrahim Afjei
Dezso Sera
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title Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter
title_short Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter
title_full Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter
title_fullStr Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter
title_full_unstemmed Design and Implementation of a New Cuk-Based Step-Up DC–DC Converter
title_sort design and implementation of a new cuk-based step-up dc–dc converter
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d75e22ad8757436e99b5b09b5ce7ebd2
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