Multi-input Single Stage Three Port DC-AC Converters in Renewable Energy Applications – An Overview

Md. Maidul Islam^1, , Minhaz Uddin¹, Mst.Iffatara Shanu¹, Faria Akter¹ and Md Sazal Miah²

¹Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Eastern University, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh

²Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Md. Maidul Islam, Minhaz Uddin, Mst.Iffatara Shanu, Faria Akter and Md Sazal Miah. Multi-input Single Stage Three Port DC-AC Converters in Renewable Energy Applications – An Overview. American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2023; 11(1):7-12. doi: 10.12691/AJEEE-11-1-2

Abstract

Nowadays power electronics three port DC-AC inverters are being broadly used in different devices, such as solar smart mini and microgrid energy systems, standalone smart home energy system. In the recent past, reliability, control technique, efficiency, modularity, and cost-effectiveness are the vital issue for these converters. Many triple port DC-AC inverters have been developed demonstrating by three stages and two stages multiple input single output and single stage multiple input single output inverters. But multiple stages of three port DC-AC inverter is costly and lower efficiency for using a higher number of components at different stages. Research is continued about single stage DC-AC topology to reduce the price and decrease the use of some elements. The study of different multi-input single stage three port DC-AC converter topologies with their control method and application area has been stated in this paper. In this research represents some of the update configurations in the improvement of multi-input and single output triple port DC-AC inverters.

Keywords

DC-AC Converter, single stage, renewable energy, multi-input

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