This dissertation proposes several novel DC/DC converter topologies for high-voltage and low-medium power applications such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery charging systems, electric vehicles, and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). The proposed converters are developed to function in continuous conduction mode (CCM) and have several desirable properties such as high gain at a lower duty cycle, high efficiency, decreased switch voltage stresses, continuous input current, non-inverting output voltage, and a broad spectrum of input voltage range. The converters present in this dissertation are categorized into isolated and non-isolated types, both categories also have the advantage of not using a coupled inductor. Design parameters including the size of passive components are computed, steady-state analyses are performed, and a comparison with similar converter topologies is presented in the literature for each converter. A scaled laboratory prototype for each converter is developed and tested in a controlled laboratory environment to confirm the practicality of the converters, validate the theoretically computed voltage gain, and evaluate the power quality of the proposed model. This dissertation includes three unique topologies of proposed models. First, a novel non-isolated quadratic buck-boost converter without a coupled inductor is proposed for efficiently harnessing energy from supercapacitors and grid-connected solar PV systems. Second, a modified isolated SEPIC-based converter is proposed for isolated and wireless energy transfer with an FCS-MPC (finite control set model-predictive control) control approach, for voltage regulation on an experimental prototype. The third research proposes a high-gain boost converter for elevating low-input DC voltages to much higher levels. It handles a wide input voltage range and produces a non-inverted output making it suitable for high-voltage low-medium applications.

This dissertation proposes several novel DC/DC converter topologies for high-voltage and low-medium power applications such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery charging systems, electric vehicles, and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). The proposed converters are developed to function in continuous conduction mode (CCM) and have several desirable properties such as high gain at a lower duty cycle, high efficiency, decreased switch voltage stresses, continuous input current, non-inverting output voltage, and a broad spectrum of input voltage range. The converters present in this dissertation are categorized into isolated and non-isolated types, both categories also have the advantage of not using a coupled inductor. Design parameters including the size of passive components are computed, steady-state analyses are performed, and a comparison with similar converter topologies is presented in the literature for each converter. A scaled laboratory prototype for each converter is developed and tested in a controlled laboratory environment to confirm the practicality of the converters, validate the theoretically computed voltage gain, and evaluate the power quality of the proposed model. This dissertation includes three unique topologies of proposed models. First, a novel non-isolated quadratic buck-boost converter without a coupled inductor is proposed for efficiently harnessing energy from supercapacitors and grid-connected solar PV systems. Second, a modified isolated SEPIC-based converter is proposed for isolated and wireless energy transfer with an FCS-MPC (finite control set model-predictive control) control approach, for voltage regulation on an experimental prototype. The third research proposes a high-gain boost converter for elevating low-input DC voltages to much higher levels. It handles a wide input voltage range and produces a non-inverted output making it suitable for high-voltage low-medium applications.

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