TY - JOUR ID - 550 TI - A Soft Switched DC-DC Boost Converter for Use in Grid Connected Inverters JO - Journal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering JA - JOAPE LA - en SN - 2322-4576 AU - Jalilzadeh, S. AU - Pakdel, M. AD - Electrical Engineering Department, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. AD - university of zanjan,electrical department,zanjan/iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 75 EP - 82 KW - soft switching KW - DC-DC converter KW - Zero voltage switching (ZVS) KW - Zero current switching (ZCS) KW - Grid connected inverters KW - Renewable energy systems DO - 10.22098/joape.2017.550 N2 - This paper presents a soft-switching DC-DC boost converter, which can be utilized in renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic array, and wind turbine connections to infinite bus of a big power network, using grid connected inverters. In the proposed topology for the DC-DC boost converter, the main and the auxiliary power switches are turned on and turned off with zero voltage switching (ZVS) and zero current switching (ZCS), respectively. Furthermore, by applying soft-switching techniques to driving power switches, the power losses and stresses associated with commutation of power devices decrease significantly. The efficiency of the proposed soft-switched DC-DC converter at various output powers is compared with that of the traditional DC-DC converter and a few topologies proposed in recent literature. This comparison indicates that the proposed DC-DC boost converter is much more efficient around the rated power (1 kW). The power topology and the control strategy applied to the proposed soft-switched DC-DC boost converter, which is connected to a grid-tied inverter, are analyzed theoretically by simulation studies. Moreover, an experimental prototype is implemented to verify the theoretical analysis and the simulation studies. UR - https://joape.uma.ac.ir/article_550.html L1 - https://joape.uma.ac.ir/article_550_efb67f4c8954faf57400eb8a68ca7284.pdf ER -