Design of a minimum weight dual active bridge converter for an Airborne Wind Turbine system

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 509-516

  Friedemann, R A ^a   Krismer, F ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC VOLTAGE; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DUAL ACTIVE BRIDGE CONVERTER; LIGHT WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MINIMUM WEIGHT; PARETO FRONT; POWER-TO-WEIGHT RATIOS; SWITCHING LOSS; TRANSIENT VOLTAGE; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; EXHIBITIONS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON CARBIDE; WIND TURBINES;

BRIDGES;

EID: 84860192624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2012.6165868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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