New soft‐switched high gain three‐port DC–DC converter with coupled inductors
Neda Zahedi Saadabad, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Abolfazl Nasiri, Mehran Sabahi
Abstract
In this study, a new high step‐up non‐isolated three‐port DC–DC converter is proposed. A bidirectional buck–boost converter is used to interface photovoltaic battery and non‐isolated load port. Compared to the other three‐port converters, the presented topology has fewer component counts, which is the main merit of the proposed converter. The output voltage of the converter can be increased by using a three winding coupled inductor, a diode and a capacitor. Furthermore, since both main switches are turned on with zero voltage switching, switching losses is reduced and the efficiency of the converter is improved. Maximum power point tracking and maintaining the output voltage at a suitable level during the charging and discharging of the battery can be achieved by a simple controller. Moreover, according to the load power demand, three power flow paths will occur. The operation principle will be described in detail for three modes. Finally, the experiments with 400 W, 100 W, 40 V/400 V are implemented to verify the effectiveness of the converter.