Reaching high power density in multikilowatt DC-DC converters with galvanic isolation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 603-612

  Pavlovsky, Martin ^a   de Haan, Sjoerd Walter Hero ^b   Ferreira, Jan Abraham ^b  

^a KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; Galvanic isolation; High power density; High frequency transformer; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DESIGN ISSUES; FULL LOADS; GALVANIC ISOLATION; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSFORMER; LOAD RANGES; NEW DESIGNS; POWER DENSITIES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; TRANSFORMER DESIGNS; WATER COOLING; ZERO-CURRENT-SWITCHING; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; COOLING; COOLING WATER; DC GENERATORS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

DC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 65549095482     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2008650     Document Type: Article

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