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Design and develop a boost converter by using matlab simulink

simulation

Norsa’adah Binti Mahmor1, Norazila Binti Md Posdzi1, Rasidah Binti Abdul Rani1
1
Department of Electrical Engineering, Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Negeri Perak, Malaysia

Article Info ABSTRACT

Article history: This paper presents the design and development of a boost converter by using a
resistive load. A booster converter is the most popular application in the
Received Jun 12th, 201x industry to step up the direct current (DC) input voltage. This study focuses on
Revised Aug 20th, 201x determining the suitable value of the inductor and capacitor for use in the
Accepted Aug 26th, 201x circuit. Then, this design focuses on continuous mode operation, with different
voltage inputs of 9V and 15V DC, where the switching frequency input is
25kHz using the MOSFET as a switching device. The evaluation of this circuit
design is to control the input voltage to keep the output voltage maintained at
Keywords: 24VDC. This analysis also uses a ripple inductor current, not more than 25%
Boost Converter of inductor current, and output voltage ripple is less than 1%. The parameters
Input Voltage for design circuits based on the output voltage, inductor voltage, and inductor
Output Voltage current waveform. The design of this circuit will be analyzed using MATLAB
MATLAB Simulink Simulink software to verify the results between simulation and theoretical.
Based on the simulation results prove that the developed model can maintain
the output voltage by using different voltage input values. Finally, a boost
converter circuit can be developing by using these parameters.

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Corresponding Author:
Norsa’adah Binti Mahmor,
Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Negeri Perak, Malaysia
Email: [email protected]

Introduction
In many applications in industry, it is required to convert a DC input voltage into variable DC output voltage. The
conversion voltage supply directly from DC voltage to a different DC voltage is called a DC converter. This
converter is used to step the input voltage to desired voltage (Boujelben et al., 2017) .DC converter widely used in
industrial applications that include motor control for electric automobiles, trolleys cars, marine hoists,
uninterruptible power supplies, and battery-operated equipment (Abdessamad, Salah-ddine, & Mohamed, 2013)
(Fathah, 2013). Generally, to step up input DC supply from the power sources such as batteries, solar panels, the
output of the rectifier, DC supply, or DC generator the boost converter is used. (Palanidoss & Vishnu, 2018)The

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controller of operation boost converter is based on the duration of the switching process. The ratio of ON duration
to the switching time period is called the switching duty cycle D, (M.J, 2016). The study is focused on the
continuous current mode operation, which the analysis is referring to the continuous positive cycle during the
switching operation. In this paper, the continuous current mode operation is used to get the better regulation for
the circuit.
Operation of Boost Converter Circuit
The basic circuit diagram of the operation boost converter shown in Figure 1. The inductor used to provide a
smooth input current, and some ripple components are included in the input current but considered as small,
which can be ignored when the switching action is repeated at high frequencies. The circuit operation can be
divided into two modes. Mode 1 begins when the switch is closed and Mode 2 when the switch opens. The switch
can be implemented by a MOSFET, IGBT, or BJT. In this study, MOSFET is used to react to a switching process
in a Boost circuit. The MOSFET is used because this component has lower switching losses compare to other
components. (Hossain et al., 2018). Mode 1 begins when the switch is on, as shown in Figure 1(b), the current will
flow from DC source to inductor L and switch. At this time, the diode is reversed bias and blocking the path
current through the load. The inductor current and the energy stored in the inductor rises until the switch is turned
off.

Based on Kirchoff voltage law (KVL), the equation can be determined as VL = Vs. The voltage across the
inductor is,
di di Vs
, v L  VS  L  switched ON
dt , dt L
So, the duration of the process is called as on-time, tON = DT. Recall that, D = tON / T. The change in inductor
current when the switch is closed is computing from

---- Equation 1

Mode 2 begins when the switch is off, as shown in Figure 1(c). The current that was flowing through the
inductor, capacitor, resistor load, and diode so it produces VL = Vs – Vo. The inductor current falls until the
switch is turned on again in the next cycle. The energy stored in the inductor is transferred to the load. In this
design circuit, the output voltage Vo is assuming as constant, the voltage across the inductor is
di di Vs  Vo
v L  Vs  Vo  L  switched OFF
dt , dt L
At this condition, the duration of off time is toFF = (1- D) T. Recall that, toFF = T - tON = T – D. So, the
changing in inductor current can be computed from,
---- Equation 2

Figure 2 shows the inductor voltage, inductor current and output voltage waveforms for the continuous current
operation. It assumed that the current rises and falls linearly.

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Using equation 1 and 2, the voltage output Vo is, ∆iLON+∆iLOFF=0

Vs
Vo 
1 D
By resolving the average inductor current and making various substitutions, I L expressed as
Vs
IL 
(1  D) 2 R
From the waveform we also can determined the value of maximum and minimum inductor currents by using
the average value and the change in current
iL iL
I max  I L  and I min  I L 
2 2
On the other hands, by a design perspective, it is useful to express L in terms of a desired, iL , and also an
equation to express required capacitance C, in term of specified voltage ripple can be calculated by

and D
C
R(Vo / Vo) f

Design the Boost Converter

In this study, we need to consider the value of peak to peak inductor current and the output voltage ripple to
design the Boost converter circuit. In the first stage of design, the calculation of parameters of boost converter
circuit need to be done for two different input voltages of 9VDC and 15VDC. After the value of the inductor (L) and
capacitor (C) is already known, the simulation of the circuit is designed by using MATLAB Simulink software as
shown in Figure 3. Based on the simulation reading, the comparison between calculation and simulation has been
discussed.

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In this analysis use a ripple inductor current not more than 25% of inductor current, and output voltage ripple
is less than 1%. The calculation below shows the first steps on designing Boost circuits by using a switching
frequency value of 25kHz is shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Calculation of Boost circuit

Switching frequency value is 25kHZ, input voltage is Switching frequency value is 25kHZ, input voltage is
9VDC and output voltage is 24VDC 15VDC and output voltage is 24VDC
VLON  VS  9V VLON  VS  15V
VLOFF  Vs  Vo  9V  24V  15V VLOFF  Vs  Vo  15V  24V  9V
9
D 1  0.625 D 1
15
 0.375
24 24
9 15
IL   0.64 A IL   0.384 A
(1  0.625) 2 100 (1  0.375) 2 100
25
iL   0.64 A  0.16 A 25
100 iL   0.64 A  0.096 A
100
0.16A 0.096A
I max  0.64A   0.72 A I max  0.384A   0.43 A
2 2
0.16A 0.096A
I min  0.64A -  0.56 A I min  0.384A -  0.34 A
2 2
9  0.625 15  0.375
L  1.4mH L  2.34mH
0.16  25000 0.096  25000
0.625 0.375
C  25F C  15F
100  0.01 25000 100  0.01 25000

Result and Discussion

In the first step, the buck converter is designed using MOSFET with switching frequency of 25kHZ, the input
voltage is 9 VDC, and the duty cycle is 0.625. From the calculation, the value of the inductor is 1.4mH and the
capacitor is 25uF. The design circuit is using MATLAB Simulink to obtain the result.

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Based on the Table 2, the theoretical and simulation result for the boost converter circuit design shown the
similar reading and all the accuracy is appropriate with 1. So, the suitable value of inductor and capacitor are
influence to the result from simulation. On the other hand, when the duty cycle increases the value of ripple
current or losses decrease. (Rai et al., 2016)

Table 2 <Comparison of the Parameter between Calculation and Simulation>

Parameter Calculation Simulation Relative Error Accuracy
VLON 9V 9V 0.00 1
VLOFF -15V -15.11V 0.007 0.993
IL 0.64A 0.647A 0.011 0.989
∆IL 0.16A 0.152A 0.05 0.95
Imax 0.72A 0.726A 0.008 0.992
Imin 0.56A 0.574A 0.025 0.975
Vo 24V 23.2V 0.033 0.967
∆Vo/Vo 0.01 0.01 0.00 1

In second analysis, the boost converter designed using a different input voltage is 15 VDC, and the duty cycle is
0.375. From the calculation, the value of the inductor is 2.34mH, and the capacitor is 15uF.

Table 3 <Comparison of the Parameter between Calculation and Simulation>

Parameter Calculation Simulation Relative Error Accuracy error
VLON 15V 15V 0.00 1
VLOFF -9V -9.11V 0.012 0.988
IL 0.384A 0.389A 0.013 0.987
∆IL 0.096A 0.091A 0.052 0.948
Imax 0.43A 0.434A 0.01 0.99
Imin 0.34A 0.343A 0.009 0.991
Vo 24V 23.194V 0.011 0.989
∆Vo/Vo 0.01 0.01 0.00 1

By referring on the result at Table 3, the accuracy is also closed to 1. It means that although the input supply is
difference from previous design, but the accuracy can be maintaining as long the suitable value of inductor and
capacitor can be determined.

Conclusions
Based on the boost converter circuit design, the setting of input switching frequency, percent of ripple inductor
current from average value and output voltage ripple can be determining the suitable value of capacitor and
inductor (Rashid, 2017). The simulation and theoretical results were compare based on the suitable value of

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inductor and capacitor. From the result shown although the input supply was changing, the output voltage can be
maintaining as long the consideration of designing parameter is make. Both designing circuit shown the accuracy
closed to 1. It means both circuits are successful design and develop.

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