Application of DC-DC Boost Converter for Solar Powered Traffic Light with Battery Backup

T  S  Anandhi  and S  PremKumar

doi:10.17485/ijst/2015/v8i32/84408

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Application of DC-DC Boost Converter for Solar Powered Traffic Light with Battery Backup

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2015/v8i32/84408

Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 32, Pages: 1-5

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Application of DC-DC Boost Converter for Solar Powered Traffic Light with Battery Backup

T. S. Anandhi¹ and S. PremKumar^2*

¹ Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected]
² Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bharath University, Chennai-600073,Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected]

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Abstract

The paper presents the application of a DC-DC Boost Convereter for solar powered traffic light equipment for traffic control. The proposed system gives a high performance of the solar powered traffic light equipment whose adaptability are very attractive for the solar array power tracking in dynamic environments. The input is a solar panel that supplies a voltage of 12 V which is used for this application. The DC Boost converter is successfully implemented using a low cost microcontroller.
Keywords: Boost Converter, Solar Panel, Solar Powered Traffic Light Equipment