A three-phase current-fed push-pull dc-dc converter with active clamp for fuel cell applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2266-2277

  Lee, Sangwon ^a   Park, Junsung ^b   Choi, Sewan ^b  

^a Changsung Inc   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active clamp; current fed; fuel cells; push pull; three phase dc dc converter; three phase transformer; zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CLAMP; CURRENT-FED; PUSH-PULL; THREE-PHASE DC-DC CONVERTERS; THREE-PHASE TRANSFORMERS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS);

DC-DC CONVERTERS; FUEL CELLS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LOSSES; POWER QUALITY; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80051684147     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2096477     Document Type: Article

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