A new very-high-efficiency R4 converter for high-power fuel cell applications

Proceedings of the International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 997-1001

  Nymand, Morten ^a   Andersen, Michael A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Current transformers; Fuel cell power system; Power electronics; Pulse width modulation; Switched mode power supply

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; CONVERTER EFFICIENCY; CURRENT BALANCING; CURRENT TRANSFORMER; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; CURRENT-SHARING; DETAILED DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEM; FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEMS; FULL-BRIDGE; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-POWER; INPUT CURRENT; INPUT VOLTAGE RANGES; LOW-COST SOLUTION; LOW-VOLTAGE; NEW CONCEPT; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER STAGE; PROTOTYPE CONVERTER; SECONDARY-SIDE; SERIES CONNECTIONS; SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES; SWITCHING STAGE; TEST RESULTS; TRANSFORMER SECONDARIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 77950896193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PEDS.2009.5385917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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