Proposition and performance analysis of a DC/DC boost converter

A DC/DC boost converter is designed in this paper, and its performance is analyzed subsequently. The scenario of a hybrid energy plant is considered. Two power sources are integrated by the boost converter to provide a higher voltage in the DC bus. In simulation, two DC cells are used as power source. Each of the DC cells is driven by a switching circuit to form an individual boost cell. Orcad Capture 9.2 is used as simulator with a computer having Core-i3 processor. Circuit parameters like inductance, pulse voltage frequency and duty cycle of the switching circuits etc. were varied to observe their effect on efficiency. Finally MATLAB is used to observe the efficiency in a 3D plot with respect to the change of duty cycle and frequency of the pulse voltages.