Implementation of PIC Microcontroller Based Boost Converter for Solar Panel without Battery Backup

Authors

  • G. Senthil Kumar  Department of Electronics, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science , Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • S. Indira  Department of Electronics, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science , Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Plastic solar cell, Practical Boost converter, Voltage divider, PIC Microcontroller, MOSFET driver

Abstract

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the sun harness. A solar cell is a device that converts photons from the sun (solar light) into electricity. This works implements Converter which is used to step up solar panel voltage to a stable voltage without storage element such as battery. This converter is designed to provide stable 24V constant output. The output voltage is controlled by microcontroller unit using voltage feedback technique. The output of the boost converter is measured continuously and the value is sent to the inbuilt A/D converter module of microcontroller unit to convert into digital data and sent to the PWM module to produce pulse width modulation signal. The PIC controller produces PWM signal using inbuilt CCP (compare, capture and PWM) module. The PWM signal which controls the switching of MOSFET. Thus, by switching of MOSFET it would try to keep output as constant.

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2017-10-31

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Volume 3, Issue 6, September-October-2017

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G. Senthil Kumar, S. Indira, " Implementation of PIC Microcontroller Based Boost Converter for Solar Panel without Battery Backup , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 6, pp.52-55, September-October-2017.