Title: Buck-boost converter controller design using queen-bee assisted GA

Authors: K. Sundareswaran; S. Sankar

Addresses: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015, Tamilnadu, India ' Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract: We propose a new method of controller design for a buck-boost type dc-dc converter in this paper. An optimisation model for the controller design is developed and solution is sought through a novel optimisation algorithm named as queen-bee assisted genetic algorithm (GA) which combines standard GA with evolution of queen bee in a hive. Computed and measured results suggest that the new algorithm converges to best designs on a limited number of iterations.

Keywords: buck-boost converters; PID control; controller design; queen bees; genetic algorithms; dc-dc converters.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPELEC.2012.051369

International Journal of Power Electronics, 2012 Vol.4 No.5, pp.447 - 462

Accepted: 25 Aug 2012
Published online: 23 Aug 2014 *

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