Modeling and control of a novel six-leg three-phase high-power converter for low voltage fuel cell applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1292-1299

  Liu, Changrong ^a,b   Ridenour, Amy ^c   Lai, Jih Sheng ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS   (United States)

^c GE ENERGY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaged model; Converter; dc dc converter; Fuel cell; Multiphase; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

AVERAGED MODEL; CONVERTER POWER STAGE DESIGN; POWER STAGE PARAMETERS;

FUEL CELLS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PHASE SHIFT; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PROTONS; TRANSIENTS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 33947159096     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.880312     Document Type: Article

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