Power Converters for Extraction and Conversion of Solar Photovoltaic Energy

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fields of Interest include Grid-Tied PV Inverters, Design and optimization of power supplies, Power electronic circuits modeling and simulation, Switch-mode power supplies, Power Electronics and its interface with other Renewable sources. Professor and Institute Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, India, Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE); Fellow, IEEE, USA; Fellow, IETE, India and Life Member, ISTE, India. Fields of interest include Power conversion, Power quality, Renewable energy and distributed energy systems, Intelligent control of power electronic systems and Electronic systems.

1. Introduction To Photo Voltaic Systems 2. Solar PV Modeling and Characterization 3. Maximum Power Point Tracking in Solar PV Systems 4. Power Electronic Interface for PV Systems 5. DC-DC Current Converter Interfaces for PV Systems 6. Isolated DC-DC Converter Interface for PV Systems 7. DC-AC Converter Interfaces for PV Systems 8. Conclusion