Wide range ZVS active-clamped L-L type current-fed DC-DC converter for fuel cells to utility interface: Analysis, design and experimental results

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1153-1160

  Rathore, Akshay K ^a   Bhat, Ashoka K S ^b   Oruganti, Ramesh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; High frequency isolated DC DC converter; Utility interface; Zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CLAMPING CIRCUITS; BOOST INDUCTORS; FULL-LOAD; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY ISOLATED DC-DC CONVERTER; INPUT VOLTAGES; LIGHT LOADS; PARALLEL INDUCTORS; RECTIFIER DIODES; SERIES INDUCTOR; TURN-OFF VOLTAGE; UTILITY INTERFACE; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 72449132924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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