25 research outputs found
Analysis and design of a high efficiency bidirectional DC-DC converter for battery and ultracapacitor applications
This paper presents a high efficiency non-isolated bidirectional converter which can be employed as an interface circuit between ultracapacitors or batteries and DC bus voltage. All semiconductor devices in the proposed converter are soft switched while the control circuit remains PWM. So, the energy conversion through the converter is highly efficient. The proposed converter acts as a zero-voltage transition (ZVT) buck to charge an ultracapacitor or battery and acts as a ZVT boost to discharge an ultracapacitor or battery. The performance of the proposed converter with respect to abrupt load and operating mode change is shown through computer simulation results. The results confirm the aforementioned advantages and features of the proposed converter
An Interleaved Nonisolated ZVS Ultrahigh Step-Down DCâDC Converter With Low Voltage Stress
A High-Efficiency Interleaved Ultra-High Step-Down DCâDC Converter With Very Low Output Current Ripple
Soft-Switched Nonisolated High Step-Up Three-Port DCâDC Converter for Hybrid Energy Systems
High stepâup quasiâZâsource converter with full soft switching range, continuous input current and low auxiliary elements
Abstract This paper presents a fully soft switched high stepâup DCâDC converter based on quasiâZâsource converter. The voltage gain is boosted by combining coupled inductors and switched capacitor techniques. Moreover, a ZVT cell comprising of only a single switch and an inductor coupled to the quasiâZâsource inductor is utilized to reduce the magnetic cores and realize soft switching for all semiconductors without imposing any extra voltage or current stress on the converter elements. The main switch operates at zero voltage switching and zero current switching (ZCS) at turnâon which is independent of the load and duty cycle variations. Hence, soft switching condition for the main switch at turnâoff is easily provided by a snubber capacitor. In addition, the reverse recovery problem of all the converter diodes is significantly mitigated by ZCS at turnâoff while the continuous current at the input source is maintained. In order to verify the theoretical analysis and the proposed converter operation, a converter prototype is implemented at 300 W and 100 kHz. Finally, a comprehensive comparison is performed between the proposed converter and other high stepâup converters based on quasiâZâsource structure, to demonstrate the merits of the proposed converter