{"title":"Comparison of Zero Voltage Soft Switching and Hard Switching Boost Converter with Maximum Power Point Tracking","authors":"N. Ravi Kumar, R. Kamalakannan","volume":116,"journal":"International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering","pagesStart":1165,"pagesEnd":1170,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10006698","abstract":"
The inherent nature of normal boost converter has more voltage stress across the power electronics switch and ripple. The presented formation of the front end rectifier stage for a photovoltaic (PV) organization is mainly used to give the supply. Further increasing of the solar efficiency is achieved by connecting the zero voltage soft switching boost converter. The zero voltage boost converter is used to convert the low level DC voltage to high level DC voltage. The inherent nature of zero voltage switching boost converter is used to shrink the voltage tension across the power electronics switch and ripple. The input stage allows the determined power point tracking to be used to extract supreme power from the sun when it is available. The hardware setup was implemented by using PIC Micro controller (16F877A).<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] \tMassoud A. M., Abdelsalam A.K., Enjeti P. N. 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