Investigation of various input based on DC-DC converter in a hybrid vehicle application Kumar Y. N. Vijaya1, Mohan P. R. Murali2, Vardhan M. Vishnu3 1Professor, Dept of EEE, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India 2Assoc. Professor, Dept of EEE, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India 3Professor, Dept of EEE, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India Online published on 1 November, 2018. Abstract This paper proposes the study of various DC source input based converter for the use of hybrid vehicles. The various DC input includes the solar energy, fuel cell and battery. In spite of solar and battery source, the fuel cell is used as primary source. The solar energy is utilized by the solar panel and it is fed to the battery for the storage purpose. Thus the battery acts as back up source for the vehicle. The converter serves as the boosting circuit while the source efficiency is lesser due to lack of sources. In addition to that the MPPT algorithm is utilized for optimal use of solar energy. The controller design for the converter is also proposed. This prototype is implemented using Matlab/Simulink. Top Keywords DC-DC Converter, Fuel cell, Solar panel, Battery, Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Top |