Researchers in the Middle East have developed a fuzzy logic controller that simultaneously optimizes the tilt angle of PV systems and performs maximum power point tracking (MPPT). Year-long ...

1 Department of Renewable Energy, National Advance School of Engineering of Maroua, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon. 2 Department of Renewable Energy, Advanced School of Mines Processing and ...

When we tell engineers and EPCs that our inverters use “fixed string voltage,” we often get puzzled looks. But once we walk them through the concept, the benefits become immediately clear—not only in ...

Abstract: Boost converters are widely used in photovoltaic systems for maximum power point tracking (MPPT). Their performance, however, depends significantly on the environmental conditions in which ...

“Moreover, the study reveals that PV-integrated TPC systems with LCC-S compensation outperform SS compensation under misalignment conditions.” The academics described the system in “ A multiport DC-to ...

The CoolGaN bidirectional 650-V G5 from Infineon Technologies is a gallium-nitride (GaN) switch capable of actively blocking voltage and current in both directions. The monolithic bidirectional switch ...

Abstract: This article presents a new three-port converter (TPC) topology optimized for photovoltaic (PV)-battery system integration. By integrating a three-level dual-boost converter with a ...

A buck-boost DC/DC converter is one of the most valuable tools in a power supply designer’s toolbox for dealing with a variety of power conversion scenarios. In these situations, input voltages can ...