Inductor accelerated energy storage experiment

How does a solar energy storage inductor work?

In this topology, the energy storage inductor is charged from two different directions which generates output AC current . This topology with two additional switching devices compared to topologies with four switching devices makes the grounding of both the grid and PV modules. Fig. 12.

How does Linear Technology affect inductor energy storage?

While one inductor’s current is increasing, the other’s is decreasing. There is also a significant reduction in the required inductor energy storage (approximately 75%). The inductor’s volume, and therefore cost, are reduced as well. See Linear Technology’s Application Note 77 for complete details.

How do inductor ripples affect energy consumption?

The output ripple is reduced in a similar fashion. While one inductor’s current is increasing, the other’s is decreasing. There is also a significant reduction in the required inductor energy storage (approximately 75%). The inductor’s volume, and therefore cost, are reduced as well.

What is a real inductor?

An inductor is a component whose designer has tried hard to maximise this property. It's real, like resistance and capacitance, and it can be measured. The size of an inductance is expressed in Henrys (after Joseph Henry, an American contemporary of Faraday).

Why do buck regulators use double duty energy storage inductors?

The energy storage inductor in a buck regulator functions as both an energy conversion element and as an output ripple filter. This double duty often saves the cost of an additional output filter, but it complicates the process of finding a good compromise for the value of the inductor.

What is inductance in physics?

The concept of inductance condenses all the complexity of a non-linear magnetic field into a single number. It expresses the geometry of the object causing the field - a wire, or a coil, or a toroid - and also the magnetic properties of the material in the object.