Soft-switching techniques for efficiency gains in full-bridge fuel cell power conversion

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 482-492

  Ordonez, Martin ^a   Quaicoe, John E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel cell (FC); high efficiency; modulation; power losses; soft switching

Indexed keywords

CELL POWER; CIRCULATING CURRENT; COMBINED TECHNIQUES; CONDUCTION LOSS; EFFICIENCY GAIN; FULL-BRIDGE; FULL-BRIDGE TOPOLOGY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INPUT CURRENT; LOADING CONDITION; LOW STRESS; LOW VOLTAGES; MOSFETS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POWER CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER-LOSSES; SERIES INDUCTOR; SOFT-SWITCHING TECHNIQUE; SOFT-TRANSITION; SPECIAL MODULATION; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING TRANSITIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; MODULATION; SOFT SWITCHING; TOPOLOGY; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 79951530688     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2059712     Document Type: Article

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