This paper presents the development and study of multiple-input single-output converter (MISO) for the DC House project that utilizes a controller to maximize the overall converter’s efficiency. The premise of this thesis is to create uneven load current sharing between the converters at different loading conditions in order to maximize the efficiency of the overall MISO converter. The goal is to find a proper ratio of current from each converter to the total load current of the MISO system to achieve the greatest efficiency. The Arduino microcontroller is implemented to achieve this goal. The design and operation of the MISO converter with the proposed controller will be explained in this paper. The design and operation of the converter was tested and verified through simulation in LTSpice in addition to hardware implementation. Different ratios of current from each converter were used to fully test the MISO converter. For the 5A and 6A load current, the maximum efficiencies were reached with the 70% / 30% ratio case, with efficiencies of 94.91% and 95.07%, respectively. For 7A load current, the maximum efficiency was reached with the 60% / 40% ratio case, with an efficiency of 94.59%. The results were then compared with those obtained from the equal current sharing cases. For the cases tested, the efficiency of the unequal current sharing outperforms that obtained from the equal current sharing method.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CALPOLY/oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-3609 |
| Date | 01 May 2020 |
| Creators | Chan, Kristen Y |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@CalPoly |
| Source Sets | California Polytechnic State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Master's Theses |
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