Single-stage topologies integrating battery charging, high voltage step-up and photovoltaic energy extraction capabilities

The concept is presented of converters integrated in such a way as to obtain, in a single conversion stage, the maximum energy extraction from photovoltaic panels, battery charging and discharging dynamic control, and high voltage step-up to the inverter DC bus, also operating with soft-switching capability. Although this idea can be applied to most of the high voltage gain topologies, this presented report is based on structures derived from the half-bridge boost converter. Thus, a 500 W prototype, with input voltage of 24 V and output voltage of 200 V, has been developed with the purpose of obtaining experimental results and validating the proposed concept. High efficiency is achieved, above 92.5%, confirming the expected operation and functionalities necessary for the proposed application.