International Journal of Engineering and Technology

this paper presents the design and implementation of high performance closed loop Boost converter for solar powered HBLED lighting system. The proposed system consists of solar photovoltaic module, a closed loop boost converter and LED lighting module. The closed loop boost converter is used to convert a low level dc input voltage from solar PV module to a high level dc voltage required for the load. To regulate the output of the converter, closed loop voltage feedback technique is used. The feedback voltage is compared with a reference voltage and a control signal is generated and amplified. The amplified signal is fed to 555 Timer which in turn generates a PWM signal which controls the switching of MOSFET. Thus by switching of MOSFET it would try to keep output as constant. Initially the boost converter, timer circuit, amplifier circuit and LED light circuits are designed, simulated and finally implemented in printed circuit board. The simulation studies are carried out in MULTISIM. The experimental results for solar PV and boost converter obtained in both software and hardware are presented here.