School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Project Phase-1 work Progress Report-1 for IA1

Title: Solar Powered Inverter

Student Members
S.N. Name SRN Email Mobile No.
1 SACHIN KUMAR PANDEY R15EE156 skp.ap.007@gmail.com 7829323677
2 SANGAMESH R15EE161 sangameshpatil088@gmail.com 8861581050
3 SANTHOSH R15EE165 vk.santhosh2197@gmail.com 7760498834
4 VIVEK N R15EE214 vivek717n@gmail.com 9945156730

Guide: Prof.SAGAR B S

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 Contents
❑ Block diagram
❑ Project development Resources
❑ Completed work
❑ Results Analysis
❑ Further work
❑ References

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1. Block diagram
1.1. SOLAR POWERED INVERTER

Fig. Block Diagram of PV System

1.2. System operation:

• The solar panel generates the DC, which is fed to a DC-DC converter (Buck-Boost
converter) which steps up or steps down the DC voltage.
• Converter along with the MPPT is the charge controller.
• The output of the charge controller is given to the inverter as well as to the battery.

• In the presence of sun light, the solar panel charges the battery as well as is the input to
the inverter and in the absence of sun light the battery will be able to supply to the
inverter.

2.Describe the project - Pictorial description

The aim of this project is to design and implement a single phase inverter which will
convert DC voltage to AC voltage at high efficiency and low cost. Power inverters, which
convert solar-cell DC into domestic-use AC, are one of the key technologies for
delivering efficient AC power. The project work is aimed at modeling the system
mathematically and simulating using MATLAB software. The simulation results would
be practically verified. The simulation of PV System and DC-DC Converter has been
completed.

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The simulation of Single Phase Inverter has been shown below.

Fig. Simulation of Inverter by Using MATLAB (SIMULINK)

The below figure shows the comparison between Sine and Saw-tooth wave. As per our
requirements we need a positive pulse when sine wave is greater than 0.

Fig. Gate Pulse Generation by Comparing Sine and Saw Tooth Wave

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The below image shows us the Inverter output without filter which is not a pure sine
wave signal, since all our loads are designed for pure sine wave with minimum
harmonics. The THD here is 70.28%.

Fig. OUTPUT INVERTER WITHOUT FILTER

The below image shows us the Inverter output with filter which is a pure sine wave
signal, which is required for all our loads are designed for pure sine wave with minimum
harmonics. The THD here is around 3%. Which is efficient for the system to work
properly.

Fig. OUTPUT WITH FILTER

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2.1 Summary of requirements and specifications
● MOSFET - IRF9540N
● INDUCTOR - 8uH
● CAPACITOR - 3.3uF
● SCHOTTKY DOIDE(IN5822) – 3A
2.2 Detailed design steps
2.2.1 Design of PV System:
Load requirement:
• LED light 5 Watts – 1 Nos for 5 hours
• Mobile charger 5 Watts – 1 Nos for 2 hours
• Solar fan 26 Watts – 1 Nos for 5 hours
1.Determination of power consumption demand:
Total appliance use (watts hours) =165 Wh/day
Total pv panel energy needed = 165*1.3 = 215Wh/day
2.Size of the pv panel:
Total Wp of pv panel capacity needed = 69Wp
No. of pv panels needed = 1 Nos of 80Wp (according to the availability in market)
3.Inverter string:
Total wattage of all the appliance = 36Watts
For safe operation we shall take 25% to 30% extra = 47Watts
4.Battery string:
Total appliance in use =165Wh/day
Nominal battery voltage = 12V
Days of Autonomy of battery = 17 Hours
So the AH rating of the battery = 20AH

So the battery should be 12V 20AH, 17 Hours as Days Autonomy

5.Solar charge controller sizing:
PV module specifications:
Pm=60Wp

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Vm=18.2V; Im=3.3A
Voc=V; Isc=3.56A
Solar charge controller rating =3.56*1.3=4.628A
Solar charge controller should be rated at 5A at 13.2V.
2.2.2. Design of Buck-Boost Converter

PARAMETERS Vin=10V Vin=18.2V

Duty 0.56896 0.42038

Cycle(D)=Vo/(Vo+Vin)

Lmin=((1-D)^2*R)/2𝑓𝑠 3.5056𝜇𝐻 554329 𝜇𝐻

𝐿 = 1.3 × 𝐿𝑚𝑖𝑛 4 𝜇𝐻 7.2063 𝜇𝐻

𝑉𝑠 𝐷 14.224 A 10.61698 A
∆𝑖𝐿 =
𝐿𝑓𝑠

𝑉𝑠 𝐷 9.2796 A 6.901011 A
𝐼𝐿 =
𝑅(1 − 𝐷)2

∆𝑖𝐿⁄ 16.3916 A 12.2094 A

𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐼𝐿 + 2

∆𝑖𝐿⁄ 2.1676 A 1.59251 A

𝐼𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 𝐼𝐿 − 2

𝐷 33 𝜇𝐹 22 𝜇𝐹
𝐶=
∆𝑉
𝑅𝑓𝑠 ( 𝑜⁄𝑉 )
𝑜

Switching Frequency is Chosen to be 100KHz

Output Voltage =13.2V
Output Current = 4A
Input voltage varies from 10V to 18.2V

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3. Work achieved
The image below shows the Circuit diagram of Buck-Boost Converter with ratings. The
input to the DC-DC Converter is 10V to 18.2V. The switching Frequency is 100KHz.
The output Voltage is supposed to be 13.2V for charging the battery at 4A output current.

Fig. Circuit diagram of Buck- Boost Converter

The image below shows the hardware of the DC-DC Converter. The inductor used is of
the type toroidal core.

Fig. Image of Hardware Buck-Boost Converter

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4.Test setup and results
The image below shows the operation of the Converter as Buck converter. The input here
is 12.5V and the output Voltage is 7.73V. Duty cycle is 61.78%.

Fig. image showing the output of buck converter

The image below shows the operation of the Converter as Buck converter. The input here
is 9.6V and the output Voltage is 14.19V. Duty cycle is 40.35%.

Fig. Image showing the output of boost converter

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For a P-Channel MOSFET we need to give (1-D) as the Duty cycle to the gate of the
MOSFET. Example we need 42.3% duty cycle to get output of 13.2V from an input of
18.2V, here we need to give 57.7% as duty cycle to the gate of the MOSFET.

Fig. Gate Pulse Signals and Duty Cycle

5. Result analysis
• The output of the converter is having an error of 3% in the open loop testing
• We can avoid the error by going with closed loop control of the converter
• The working of MOSFET is without use of the driver IC (Still testing)
• If the MOSFET is not switching without Driver, we shall incorporate the Driver
IC.

8) Furture work

 Hardware implementation of close loop control of converter.

 Hardware implementation of charging circuit.
 Hardware implementation of inverter.

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9) References
[1]Arun Kumar Rath , Pradipta Kumar Nayak , Ch.V.Suryanarayana, Ch. Venkateswara Rao,
“Design and Testing of Low Cost Solar Power Inverter", International Journal of Application or
Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM), Volume 2, Issue 8, August 2013
[2]Jagruti N. Mahajan, Prof.Ashok M. Jain,” Conversion of Existing Inverter into Solar Inverter
”, Proceedings of the IEEE 2017 International Conference on Computing Methodologies and
Communication (ICCMC),2017
[3]D. Pal, H. Koniki, P. Bajpai,” Central and Micro Inverters for Solar Photovoltaic Integration in
AC grid”, 2016 National Power Systems Conference (NPSC),2016
[4]Gaurav Arora, Neha Aggarwal, Debojyoti Sen, Prajjwal Singh,” Design of Solar Power
Inverter”, International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology
(IARJSET), Vol. 2, Special Issue 1, May 2015

Candidate Signature with Date Guide Signature with Date

Sachin Kumar Pandey

Sangamesh Prof. Sagar B.S

Asst. Professor

Santhosh H.V

Vivek N

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