1Professor, Dept of EEE, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
2Assoc. Professor, Dept of EEE, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
3Professor, Dept of EEE, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
Online published on 1 November, 2018.
This paper proposes the study of various DC source input based converter for the use of hybrid vehicles. The various DC input includes the solar energy, fuel cell and battery. In spite of solar and battery source, the fuel cell is used as primary source. The solar energy is utilized by the solar panel and it is fed to the battery for the storage purpose. Thus the battery acts as back up source for the vehicle. The converter serves as the boosting circuit while the source efficiency is lesser due to lack of sources. In addition to that the MPPT algorithm is utilized for optimal use of solar energy. The controller design for the converter is also proposed. This prototype is implemented using Matlab/Simulink.
DC-DC Converter, Fuel cell, Solar panel, Battery, Hybrid Electric Vehicle
