Recently, photovoltaic (PV) generation is becoming increasingly popular in industrial applications. As a renewable and alternative source of energy they feature superior characteristics such as being clean and silent along with less maintenance problems compared to other sources of the energy. In PV generation, employing a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method is essential to obtain the maximum available solar energy. Among several proposed MPPT techniques, the Perturbation and Observation (P&O) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) methods are adopted in this work. The components of the MPPT control system which are P&O and MPC algorithms, PV module and high gain DC-DC boost converter are simulated in MATLAB Simulink. They are evaluated theoretically under rapidly and slowly changing of solar irradiation and temperature and their performance is shown by the simulation results, finally a comprehensive comparison is presented.

Les évènements climatiques de ces dernières années ont encouragé de nombreux pays à augmenter la part des énergies renouvelables et non génératrices de gaz à effets de serre. Cependant, pour faciliter leur intégration à grande échelle, le besoin d’un super réseau européen se fait sentir. Ce nouveau réseau, principalement basé sur du courant continu sous haute tension (HVDC) nécessitera l’utilisation de convertisseurs DC-DC. Par conséquent, ce mémoire propose et étudie des topologies basées sur l’association de convertisseurs DC-DC élémentaires isolés. Il est organisé en une introduction, 3 chapitres et une conclusion. Dans l’introduction, un état de l’art est réalisé sur les technologies actuellement mises en oeuvre dans les applications HVDC. Le contexte de l’étude, lié au développement des réseaux DC interconnectés et maillés est ensuite développé. Dans le premier chapitre, des solutions basées sur l’association de convertisseurs DC DC élémentaires isolés sont étudiées puis comparées en termes de dimensionnement des éléments réactifs et de rendement. Cette étude nous a permis de sélectionner trois topologies pour la suite de notre travail. Dans le deuxième chapitre, nous évoquons tout d’abord les différentes problématiques pouvant apparaitre lors de la mise en oeuvre des solutions proposées. Dans un second temps, en prenant une ferme éolienne offshore comme cas d’application, les solutions proposées sont comparées en termes de pertes et de nombre de composants avec une topologie basée sur une association de convertisseurs modulaires multiniveaux (MMC) utilisés dans les réseaux HVDC. Le troisième chapitre présente l’étude et la mise en oeuvre de deux prototypes de convertisseur DC-DC isolés, d’une puissance de 100 kW et fonctionnant sous une tension de 1,2 kV. Ces prototypes ont permis de valider expérimentalement les performances des topologies étudiées dans le premier chapitre. Finalement, la dernière partie propose une conclusion des travaux présentés dans cette thèse. Ces travaux nous ont permis de montrer que les solutions proposées présentent un intérêt pour le cas d’application sélectionné. / The catastrophic environmental effects seen in the last couple of decades have encouraged many countries to increase the proportion of C02-free energy from renewable sources. However, for the easier integration of these energies on a large scale, the need of a European SuperGrid has emerged. This new grid, mainly based on High-Voltage- Direct-Current (HVDC) will require the use of DC-DC converters. Therefore, this manuscript proposes and studies topologies based on the association of isolated elementary DC-DC converters. It is organized in one introduction, 3 chapters and one conclusion. In the introduction, a state-of-the-art of the technologies currently used in HVDC applications is proposed. The context of the study, linked to development of the meshed DC grids, is developed afterwards. In the first chapter, solutions based on the association of elementary isolated DC-DC converters are studied and then compared in terms of reactive components sizing and efficiency. This study permitted the selection of three topologies for the rest of our work. In the second chapter, we mention the issues which may appear during the implementation of the solution. Then, by taking an offshore wind farm as application case, the solution is compared, in terms of loss and component number, with a topology based on the association of Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) currently used in HVDC grids. The third chapter presents the study and the implementation of two 100 kW DC-DC converter prototypes, operating at 1.2 kV. These prototypes allowed the experimental validation of the performances of the topologies studied in the first chapter. Finally, the last part proposes a conclusion of the work achieved in this thesis. This work allowed it to be shown that the proposed solutions are interesting for the selected application case.

Este trabalho apresenta um conversor CC - CC baseado em Capacitores Chaveados de 6 fases e tempos intercalados com o objetivo de coletar energia fotovoltaica projetado em tecnologia CMOS de 130 nm para ser usado em aplicações em Internet das Coisas e Nós Sensores. Ele rastreia o máximo ponto de entrega de energia de um painel fotovoltaico policristalino de 3 cm x 3 cm através de modulação da frequência de chaveamento com o objetivo de carregar baterias. A razão da tensão de circuito aberto foi a estratégia de rastreio escolhida. O conversor foi projetado em uma tecnologia CMOS de 130 nm e alcança uma eficiência de 90 % para potencias de entrada maiores do que 30 mW e pode operar com tensões que vão de 1.25 até 1.8 V, resultando em saídas que vão de 2.5 até 3.6, respectivamente. Os circuitos periféricos também incluem uma proteção contra sobre tensão na saída de 3.6 V e circuitos para controle, que consomem um total máximo de potência estática de 850 A em 3.3 V de alimentação. O layout completo ocupa uma área de 300 x 700 m2 de silício. Os únicos componentes não integrados são 6x100 nF capacitores.

abstract: This thesis investigates different unidirectional topologies for the on-board charger in an electric vehicle and proposes soft-switching solutions in both the AC/DC and DC/DC stage of the converter with a power rating of 3.3 kW. With an overview on different charger topologies and their applicability with respect to the target specification a soft-switching technique to reduce the switching losses of a single phase boost-type PFC is proposed. This work is followed by a modification to the popular soft-switching topology, the dual active bridge (DAB) converter for application requiring unidirectional power flow. The topology named as the semi-dual active bridge (S-DAB) is obtained by replacing the fully active (four switches) bridge on the load side of a DAB by a semi-active (two switches and two diodes) bridge. The operating principles, waveforms in different intervals and expression for power transfer, which differ significantly from the basic DAB topology, are presented in detail. The zero-voltage switching (ZVS) characteristics and requirements are analyzed in detail and compared to those of DAB. A small-signal model of the new configuration is also derived. The analysis and performance of S-DAB are validated through extensive simulation and experimental results from a hardware prototype. Secondly, a low-loss auxiliary circuit for a power factor correction (PFC) circuit to achieve zero voltage transition is also proposed to improve the efficiency and operating frequency of the converter. The high dynamic energy generated in the switching node during turn-on is diverted by providing a parallel path through an auxiliary inductor and a transistor placed across the main inductor. The paper discusses the operating principles, design, and merits of the proposed scheme with hardware validation on a 3.3 kW/ 500 kHz PFC prototype. Modifications to the proposed zero voltage transition (ZVT) circuit is also investigated by implementing two topological variations. Firstly, an integrated magnetic structure is built combining the main inductor and auxiliary inductor in a single core reducing the total footprint of the circuit board. This improvement also reduces the size of the auxiliary capacitor required in the ZVT operation. The second modification redirects the ZVT energy from the input end to the DC link through additional half-bridge circuit and inductor. The half-bridge operating at constant 50% duty cycle simulates a switching leg of the following DC/DC stage of the converter. A hardware prototype of the above-mentioned PFC and DC/DC stage was developed and the operating principles were verified using the same. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Electrical Engineering 2017

abstract: A 4-phase, quasi-current-mode hysteretic buck converter with digital frequency synchronization, online comparator offset-calibration and digital current sharing control is presented. The switching frequency of the hysteretic converter is digitally synchronized to the input clock reference with less than ±1.5% error in the switching frequency range of 3-9.5MHz. The online offset calibration cancels the input-referred offset of the hysteretic comparator and enables ±1.1% voltage regulation accuracy. Maximum current-sharing error of ±3.6% is achieved by a duty-cycle-calibrated delay line based PWM generator, without affecting the phase synchronization timing sequence. In light load conditions, individual converter phases can be disabled, and the final stage power converter output stage is segmented for high efficiency. The DC-DC converter achieves 93% peak efficiency for Vi = 2V and Vo = 1.6V. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Electrical Engineering 2017

abstract: Complex electronic systems include multiple power domains and drastically varying dynamic power consumption patterns, requiring the use of multiple power conversion and regulation units. High frequency switching converters have been gaining prominence in the DC-DC converter market due to smaller solution size (higher power density) and higher efficiency. As the filter components become smaller in value and size, they are unfortunately also subject to higher process variations and worse degradation profiles jeopardizing stable operation of the power supply. This dissertation presents techniques to track changes in the dynamic loop characteristics of the DC-DC converters without disturbing the normal mode of operation. A digital pseudo-noise (PN) based stimulus is used to excite the DC-DC system at various circuit nodes to calculate the corresponding closed-loop impulse response. The test signal energy is spread over a wide bandwidth and the signal analysis is achieved by correlating the PN input sequence with the disturbed output generated, thereby accumulating the desired behavior over time. A mixed-signal cross-correlation circuit is used to derive on-chip impulse responses, with smaller memory and lower computational requirement in comparison to a digital correlator approach. Model reference based parametric and non-parametric techniques are discussed to analyze the impulse response results in both time and frequency domain. The proposed techniques can extract open-loop phase margin and closed-loop unity-gain frequency within 5.2% and 4.1% error, respectively, for the load current range of 30-200mA. Converter parameters such as natural frequency (ω_n ), quality factor (Q), and center frequency (ω_c ) can be estimated within 3.6%, 4.7%, and 3.8% error respectively, over load inductance of 4.7-10.3µH, and filter capacitance of 200-400nF. A 5-MHz switching frequency, 5-8.125V input voltage range, voltage-mode controlled DC-DC buck converter is designed for the proposed built-in self-test (BIST) analysis. The converter output voltage range is 3.3-5V and the supported maximum load current is 450mA. The peak efficiency of the converter is 87.93%. The proposed converter is fabricated on a 0.6µm 6-layer-metal Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology with a die area of 9mm^2 . The area impact due to the system identification blocks including related I/O structures is 3.8% and they consume 530µA quiescent current during operation. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Electrical Engineering 2017

Este trabalho apresenta um conversor CC - CC baseado em Capacitores Chaveados de 6 fases e tempos intercalados com o objetivo de coletar energia fotovoltaica projetado em tecnologia CMOS de 130 nm para ser usado em aplicações em Internet das Coisas e Nós Sensores. Ele rastreia o máximo ponto de entrega de energia de um painel fotovoltaico policristalino de 3 cm x 3 cm através de modulação da frequência de chaveamento com o objetivo de carregar baterias. A razão da tensão de circuito aberto foi a estratégia de rastreio escolhida. O conversor foi projetado em uma tecnologia CMOS de 130 nm e alcança uma eficiência de 90 % para potencias de entrada maiores do que 30 mW e pode operar com tensões que vão de 1.25 até 1.8 V, resultando em saídas que vão de 2.5 até 3.6, respectivamente. Os circuitos periféricos também incluem uma proteção contra sobre tensão na saída de 3.6 V e circuitos para controle, que consomem um total máximo de potência estática de 850 A em 3.3 V de alimentação. O layout completo ocupa uma área de 300 x 700 m2 de silício. Os únicos componentes não integrados são 6x100 nF capacitores.

abstract: The most important metrics considered for electric vehicles are power density, efficiency, and reliability of the powertrain modules. The powertrain comprises of an Electric Machine (EM), power electronic converters, an Energy Management System (EMS), and an Energy Storage System (ESS). The power electronic converters are used to couple the motor with the battery stack. Including a DC/DC converter in the powertrain module is favored as it adds an additional degree of freedom to achieve flexibility in optimizing the battery module and inverter independently. However, it is essential that the converter is rated for high peak power and can maintain high efficiency while operating over a wide range of load conditions to not compromise on system efficiency. Additionally, the converter must strictly adhere to all automotive standards. Currently, several hard-switching topologies have been employed such as conventional boost DC/DC, interleaved step-up DC/DC, and full-bridge DC/DC converter. These converters face respective limitations in achieving high step-up conversion ratio, size and weight issues, or high component count. In this work, a bi-directional synchronous boost DC/DC converter with easy interleaving capability is proposed with a novel ZVT mechanism. This converter steps up the EV battery voltage of 200V-300V to a wide range of variable output voltages ranging from 310V-800V. High power density and efficiency are achieved through high switching frequency of 250kHz for each phase with effective frequency doubling through interleaving. Also, use of wide bandgap high voltage SiC switches allows high efficiency operation even at high temperatures. Comprehensive analysis, design details and extensive simulation results are presented. Incorporating ZVT branch with adaptive time delay results in converter efficiency close to 98%. Experimental results from a 2.5kW hardware prototype validate the performance of the proposed approach. A peak efficiency of 98.17% has been observed in hardware in the boost or motoring mode. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Electrical Engineering 2018

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O setor fotovoltaico, devido ao seu grande crescimento nos Ãltimos anos, vem destacando-se significativamente diante de todas as outras fontes de energia renovÃveis e, por isso, tornou-se a terceira maior fonte limpa de geraÃÃo de energia elÃtrica do mundo. No Brasil, esse setor ainda nÃo possui uma relevÃncia na matriz energÃtica devido à tecnologia de conversores e de painÃis ser, na maioria das vezes, toda importada. Considerando a necessidade do desenvolvimento dessa tecnologia, este trabalho vem propor a pesquisa e a implementaÃÃo de um conversor CC/CC de alto ganho aplicado a sistemas fotovoltaicos, que tem como objetivo principal retirar a energia de um mÃdulo fotovoltaico e injetÃ-la em um barramento constante de corrente contÃnua. Um mÃdulo fotovoltaico à conectado na entrada do conversor de alto ganho com tensÃo de saÃda igual a 17 Vcc. Esse conversor eleva a sua tensÃo de entrada e injeta sua corrente de saÃda em um barramento constante de 311 Vcc, utilizando a busca do ponto de mÃxima potÃncia (MPPT). O protÃtipo implementado em laboratÃrio foi desenvolvido para uma potÃncia nominal de 100 W e nÃo possui capacitores eletrolÃticos, aumentando assim o tempo de vida Ãtil do conversor e permitindo incorporar o conversor ao mÃdulo fotovoltaico. O protÃtipo se mostrou robusto e de baixo custo, caracterÃsticas necessÃrias para um conversor aplicado a fontes renovÃveis de energia. O desempenho do protÃtipo, na busca do ponto de mÃxima potÃncia, superou as expectativas do autor, mostrando que um algoritmo bastante simples pode ser extremamente confiÃvel quando se opta pela configuraÃÃo de um conversor por mÃdulo. / The photovoltaic sector has been distinguishing itself from all other renewable energy sources, due to its large growth through the last years. For this reason, it has become the third major clean source of power generation worldwide. In Brazil, this sector still doesnât have great pertinence in the energy matrix, given the imported technology of converters and panels. Considering the demand to develop this technology, this paper propounds the research and implementation of a high gain DC/ DC converter applied to photovoltaic systems, which aims mainly to remove energy from a photovoltaic module and inject it into a DC constant bus. A photovoltaic module is connected to the input of the high gain converter, with an output voltage equals to 17 Vdc. This converter raises its input voltage and injects its output current at a constant 311 Vdc bus, using the maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The laboratory implemented prototype was designed for a rated power of 100W and it doesnât have electrolytic capacitors, thereby increasing the lifetime of the converter and also allowing the incorporation the converter to the photovoltaic module. The prototype had a strong and low cost performance, necessary characteristics for a converter applied to renewable energy sources. The prototype performance exceeded the authorâs expectations, in relation to the maximum power point tracking. Thus, a quite simple algorithm can be extremely reliable when choosing to configure a converter through a module.

nÃo hà / The electric vehicle is increasingly present in our cities every day, and in the technological context it has shown great progress. Two essential elements to the success of these vehicles are the electric energy storage devices and electronic converters for processing and management of this energy. In this context, this dissertation presents a study on the current situation of the electric vehicle on the world scenario and its embedded technologies. Another object of research are supercapacitors for application in electric vehicles as an energy storage source and fast energy transfer. Thus, these studies provide the basis for achieving the main objective of this work: developing a bidirectional dc-dc converter for managing the energy flow provided by a supercapacitor module applied in an electric vehicle. A 2 kW laboratory a prototype with two phase interleaved dc-dc bidirectional topology has been implemented. Also, all used methodology is exposed, such as qualitative analysis, dimensioning of components, modeling and design of PI type controllers for the proposed converter. The digital implementation of the control circuit was designed using the dsPIC30f4011 by Microchip. Through simulation and experimental tests, it was evaluated the behavior of the converter and a performance comparison was held, with the converter showing efficiency above 90%. Thus, through theoretical and practical results it was possible to evaluate the performance of the converter and future studies involving the complete structure of a model of a small electric vehicle. / O veÃculo elÃtrico està cada vez mais presente em nossas cidades, e no Ãmbito tecnolÃgico ele vem apresentando grandes avanÃos. Dois elementos essenciais para o sucesso desses veÃculos sÃo os dispositivos de armazenamento de energia elÃtrica e os conversores eletrÃnicos para processamento e gerenciamento dessa energia. Nesse contexto, esta dissertaÃÃo apresenta um estudo sobre a atual situaÃÃo do veÃculo elÃtrico no cenÃrio mundial e suas tecnologias embarcadas. Outro objeto de pesquisa sÃo os supercapacitores para aplicaÃÃo em veÃculos elÃtricos como fonte de armazenamento e transferÃncia rÃpida de energia. Neste contexto o presente trabalho aborda o desenvolvimento de um conversor cc-cc bidirecional para gerenciamento do fluxo de energia em um mÃdulo de supercapacitores para utilizaÃÃo em um veÃculo elÃtrico. à projetado e desenvolvido em laboratÃrio um protÃtipo com potÃncia de 2 kW, cuja topologia adotada à um conversor cc-cc bidirecional intercalado de duas fases. Deste modo, à exposta toda metodologia empregada onde à abordada a anÃlise qualitativa, o dimensionamento dos componentes, a modelagem e o projeto dos controladores tipo PI para o conversor proposto. Para a implementaÃÃo digital do circuito de controle foi utilizado o dsPIC30f4011 da Microchip. Por meio de simulaÃÃo e dos ensaios experimentais avaliou-se o comportamento do conversor e realizou-se uma comparaÃÃo de desempenho, tendo o conversor apresentado rendimento acima de 90%. Assim, pelos resultados teÃricos e prÃticos foi possÃvel avaliar o desempenho do conversor e creditar a continuidade de sua aplicaÃÃo a trabalhos futuros envolvendo a estruturaÃÃo completa de um modelo de veÃculo elÃtrico de pequeno porte.