Efficient soft-switched boost converter for fuel cell applications

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1710-1719

  Saha, Shib Sankar ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Boost converter; Fuel cell; Polarization curve; Pulse width modulation; Soft switching

Indexed keywords

BATTERY BANKS; BOOST CONVERTER; DC VOLTAGE; DC-DC BOOST CONVERTERS; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; FUEL CELL STACK; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LARGE POWER; POLARIZATION CURVE; PROTOTYPE MODELS; SWITCHED PULSE; VOLUME RATIO;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; FUEL CELLS; POLARIZATION; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOFT SWITCHING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 79551473366     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.071     Document Type: Article

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