A three-phase interleaved DC-DC converter with active clamp for fuel cells

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2115-2123

  Choi, Jungwan ^a   Cha, Hanju ^b   Han, Byung Moon ^c  

^a National Fusion Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active clamp; continuous conduction mode; interleaved operation; soft commutation; three phase dc dc converter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CLAMP; ACTIVE-CLAMP SWITCHES; BOOST CONVERTER; CONDUCTION LOSS; CONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; CURRENT CONDUCTION; DIODE RECTIFIER; FILTER COMPONENTS; INTERLEAVED BOOST CONVERTERS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OUTPUT CURRENT; PEAK EFFICIENCY; POWER DENSITIES; PWM STRATEGY; RIPPLE CURRENTS; SOFT COMMUTATION; SWITCHING LOSS; THREE-PHASE DC-DC CONVERTERS; THREE-PHASE TRANSFORMERS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FUEL CELLS; HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 77954738278     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2045659     Document Type: Article

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