Description and efficiency comparison of two 25 kVA DC/AC isolation modules

EPE Journal (European Power Electronics and Drives Journal)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Siemaszko, Daniel ^a   Zurkinden, Frédéric ^a   Fleischli, Lukas ^a   Villar, Irma ^a   De Novaes, Yales R ^a   Rufer, Alfred ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bidirectional power flow; Cycloconverter; Dual active bridge; Isolation module; Medium frequency transformer

Indexed keywords

AC-AC POWER CONVERTERS; DC TRANSFORMERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

AC/AC CONVERTERS; BIDIRECTIONAL POWER FLOW; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DC-LINK; DUAL ACTIVE BRIDGES; EFFICIENCY COMPARISONS; EUROPEAN PROGRAM; ISOLATION MODULE; MEDIUM FREQUENCIES; MEDIUM FREQUENCY TRANSFORMER;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77949365664     PISSN: 09398368     EISSN: 23769319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09398368.2009.11463733     Document Type: Article

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