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Sliding mode control of a solar powered switched-inductor based quadratic DC-DC converter for sustainable EV battery charging application Jawahar Marimuthu; Edward Rajan Samuel Nadar
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 15, No 2: June 2026
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v15.i2.pp712-723

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The growing demand for sustainable transportation and fast charging solutions requires efficient power conversion technologies for solar electric vehicles or electric vehicles (SEVs/EVs). A non-isolated solar-powered switched-inductor quadratic DC-DC converter is proposed here to achieve high voltage gain in a practical way under reduced stress on power devices. A switched-inductor network blended with CCM operation avoids the extremely high duty cycles and high electromagnetic interference in conventional boost converters. A sliding mode control (SMC) strategy is applied here to improve robustness against parameter variations, ensure stable operation against dynamic load variations, and extract maximum power during solar-powered charging operation. This makes the topological platform proposed in this study especially suitable for a wide variety of applications, such as for SEVs and fast-charging applications of EVs. Detailed MATLAB/Simulink analyses along with a laboratory-scale prototype verify the performance of the converter under practical operation conditions and confirm the high efficiency of 91-96% at varied irradiance, low voltage ripple of 0.5-1.5% of output voltage and input current ripple of 5-12% of input current, reduced switching losses of 1-4%, and suitability of the presented converter for renewable-energy-based transportation systems.
Co-Authors Jawahar Marimuthu