Research Article
Design of Boosted Multilevel DC-DC Converter for Solar Photovoltaic System
Table 2
Qualitative study of proposed work with other popular methods in literature.
| | Parameter | Ref [14] | Ref [15] | Ref [17] | Ref [18] | Ref [19] | Ref [20] | Proposed converter |
| | Number of PV/DC sources required | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Number of power electronic switches/phase | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 10 | | Number of gate drivers | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | | TSV | 176.3 | 153.4 | No data | No data | No data | 162.4 | 148.6 | | Voltage level of inverter | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | Series connected DC sources or transformer requirement at inverter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | | Efficiency | 85.3 | 88.4 | 82.1 | No data | No data | 86.4 | 90.9 |
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H: high; L: low; ✓: mandatory; ×: not mandatory.
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