Proteus Simulation Using Various Power Converters for a Photovoltaic System

Abstract

The need for renewable energy sources is on the increasethanks to the acute energy crisis within the world these days. Solar powercould be aimportant untapped resource in an exceedingly tropical country like India. The main hindrance for the penetration and reach of solar photovoltaic [PV] systems is their low efficiency. The main objective is to use the buck, boost and buck-boost converter along with a maximum power point tracking [MPPT] control mechanism to increase the efficiency of a PV system. The MPPT is responsible for extracting the maximum possible power from the photovoltaic cell. The converters are used to supply a constant and required voltage magnitude to the load