Hybrid Control of High-Efficient Resonant Converter for Renewable Energy System

This paper presents the hybrid control of a dc–dc resonant converter for a dc micro-grid. The hybrid control is the simultaneous variation of the frequency and the duty ratio, which can provide excellent voltage regulation and maintain zero-voltage switching (ZVS) over a wide load range. Hence, excellent conversion efficiency is also maintained over the wide load range using hybrid control. However, the conventional control methods for a dc–dc resonant converter using either variable switching frequency or duty ratio have their own limitations. The frequency control requires wide variation in switching frequency for output voltage regulation, which leads to higher switching losses at turn-off of switches and lower efficiency particularly at light loads. The duty ratio control has a limitation of loosing of ZVS at light loads. The simulation and experimental results of hybrid control of resonant converter operating above 100 kHz with maximum duty ratio of 0.48 for 3 kW are presented from full load to no load. The maximum efficiency of the resonant converter is found to be 98%, which was achieved at 75% of the full load.

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