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Solar photovoltaic (PV) is one of the most emerged and widely used alternative source of energy that can support existing conventional sources of energy used in electrical power generation to a larger extent. At present, grid connected solar PV systems are used extensively, but standalone solar PV system plays a very important role in providing electric power to the places where power grid is not available (e.g., some villages located at remote places and remote islands). It can also be used in standalone mode for applications such as toys, calculator, electric vehicle, space crafts, and satellites. This paper presents high gain DC-DC converters which enables the use of low voltage solar PV system for high-voltage applications which can be used as a DC link voltage of modular multilevel converter (MMC). It minimizes the effect of changing weather conditions which continuously changes solar irradiance by varying duty cycle. Simulation of the converter is carried out by using MATLAB/Simulink software under constant load condition and by varying the load at the output.
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The authors acknowledge the support provided by CSIR under JRF category. CSIR sanction number is 09-112(0569)-2017-EMR-1.
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Tayyab, M., Sarwar, A., Ahmad, J. (2021). High Gain DC-DC Converter for Modular Multilevel Converter Applications. In: Iqbal, A., Malik, H., Riyaz, A., Abdellah, K., Bayhan, S. (eds) Renewable Power for Sustainable Growth. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 723. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4080-0_58
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