Buck converter associated with active clamp flyback converter for PV power system

S. Y. Tseng, Y. J. Li, Y. J. Wu

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Abstract

This paper presents an LED lighting system with a PV source. The circuit structure of the proposed system separately adopts buck converter and flyback converter as the charger and discharger. With this circuit structure, buck converter can vary its duty ratio to regulate charging current of battery, while flyback converter with active clamp circuit can recover energy stored in leakage inductor of transformer to drive LED lighting. To simplify the circuit structure, switches of two converters are integrated with a synchronous switch technique. With this approach, the proposed system has several merits, which are a less component counts, lighter weight, smaller size and higher conversion efficiency. As compared with the conventional converter with hard-switching circuit, the proposed one can improve conversion efficiency of 7% and achieve efficiency about 83% under full load when the proposed system is operated in the driving LED condition. Experimental results obtained from a prototype with the output voltage of 10 V and output power of 20 W have been implemented to verify its feasibility.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, ICSET 2008
Pages916-921
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2008 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, ICSET 2008 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 24 11 200827 11 2008

Publication series

Name2008 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, ICSET 2008

Conference

Conference2008 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, ICSET 2008
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period24/11/0827/11/08

Keywords

  • Active clamp circuit
  • Buck converter
  • Flyback converter
  • LED lighting
  • Synchronous switch technique

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