Simulation and Experimentation of a Single Stage Boost Inverter
Anand Kumar Singh1, Nalin Harsh Vardhan2, Deepak Vermam3

1Anand Kumar Singh, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Jaipur Campus, India.
2Nalin Harsh Vardhan, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Jaipur Campus, India.
3Deepak Verma*, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Jaipur Campus, India.
Manuscript received on July 20, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on August 10, 2019. | Manuscript published on August 30, 2019. | PP: 1767-1774 | Volume-8 Issue-6, August 2019. | Retrieval Number: F8439088619/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.F8439.088619
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Abstract: This paper presents simulation and experimental verification of a single stage DC to AC boost inverter for solar photovoltaic (SPV) applications. This topology integrates the boost converter inside the conventional h-bridge inverter topology. This eliminates the need for a separate boost converter. The whole system requires four basic switches of an h-bridge inverter for both boost and DC-AC conversion operation. Overall, the efficiency is improved because no additional switch is required for the boosting operation. The duty cycle variations are implemented using sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM). The firing pulses for switches used in the h-bridge inverter are provided using Arduino-Uno platform. The principle of operation along with the simulation and experimental results are also presented.
Keywords: Solar photovoltaic systems, Single stage DC-AC boost inverter, H-bridge inverter, SPWM.