Investigation on extendable multiport DC–DC boost converter for hybrid renewable energy systems

Abstract

In this work, the integration of renewable hybrid energy (RHE) resources using extendable multiport DC–DC boost converter is investigated. Three renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic (PV) system, wind energy system and fuel cell (FC) are integrated into the grid via this converter and grid-tied inverter. The output voltage of the multiport DC–DC boost converter is controlled using adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system-based controller. The overall system model is developed and tested in the MATLAB simulation software and also implemented in real time. The overall system is tested for different operating conditions such as change in irradiance condition of the solar PV panel, change in wind speed condition of the wind turbine, change in hydrogen pressure conditions of the FC and sudden change in load conditions and corresponding results are measured and analysed. The efficiency of the proposed system is about 98.21%. Finally, experimental results of the proposed model are also presented to examine the suitability of the system.