Design and Development of Multiple-Input Converter for Renewable Energy Integration

This paper presents a new power conditioner topology that integrates multiple renewable energy sources to make best use of their operating characteristics and obtain better reliability than that could be obtained by single power source. The proposed power conditioner uses three sources, one storage device and isolated load outputs. The proposed multiple-input converter uses intelligent closed loop controller for efficient power management which suitably connects the sources based on instantaneous load condition. The power conditioner houses a battery bank which is suitably connected by the controller to sink or source the input power based on the instantaneous load requirement.