Photovoltaic Power System with an Interleaving Boost Converter for Battery Charger Applications

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</svg> and charging current <svg height="15.25" id="M364" style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 15.5125 15.25" width="15.5125" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> under step-load changes between 20% and 100% of full load of the discussed interleaving boost converters with (a) hard switching (b) a single-capacitor turn-off snubber.</table>

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Figure 18: Photovoltaic Power System with an Interleaving Boost Converter for Battery Charger Applications 