PV Powered High Voltage Pulse Converter with Switching Cells for Food Processing Application

P. Sumathy, J. Divya Navamani (), A. Lavanya, Jagabar Sathik, R. Zahira and Fadl A. Essa ()
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P. Sumathy: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India
J. Divya Navamani: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India
A. Lavanya: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India
Jagabar Sathik: Renewable Energy Lab, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia
R. Zahira: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600048, India
Fadl A. Essa: Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-23

Abstract: In recent years, industries in the suburb have retrofitted their power supply units with solar power supply systems. Using solar power supply systems for various applications, such as food processing, enables energy expense saving. A promising opportunity in the food industry is solar-powered Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) used in the treatment of fruits and their by-products. For this application, a converter is proposed in this paper with a combination of a passive switched inductor cell and a switched capacitor cell. Furthermore, the derived topology possesses an extendable feature. This topology generates high voltage repetitive pulses with a single semiconductor switch and a reduced component count. Dynamic study of the converter is also performed with the derivation of the transfer function. Cost effective, reliable, and simple circuitry are the critical features of this topology. The circuit topology can generate high voltage pulses by increasing the number of switched inductors and switched capacitor cells. A correlation study on the impact of the switched inductor/capacitor cell is also performed and analyzed, which is not usually performed. A 50 W prototype is designed and tested to validate the performance of the converter

Keywords: pulsed electric field (PEF); DC–DC converters; solar PV; passive switched inductor switched capacitor (PSLSC) converter; switched capacitor cell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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