A lossless switching technique for smart grid applications

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 213-220

  Anwer, Naqui ^a   Siddiqui, Anwar S ^a   Anees, Ahmad S ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Forward converter; Smart grid; Soft switching; Switching loss; ZVS PWM

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CLAMP; ACTIVE DEVICES; AUXILIARY SWITCH; CONSTANT FREQUENCY; DRIVE CIRCUITRY; ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE; FORWARD CONVERTERS; INTEGRAL PART; LOSSLESS SWITCHING; LOW VOLTAGES; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; POWER PROCESS; PWM CONVERTER; RESONANT LOAD; RESONANT SWITCHES; RESONANT TRANSITION; SMART GRID; SMART GRID APPLICATIONS; SOFT-SWITCHING TECHNIQUE; SWITCH CONVERTER; SWITCHED CONVERTERS; SWITCHING LOSS; SWITCHING POWER LOSS; SWITCHING TECHNIQUES; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING; ZVS-PWM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS; SMART POWER GRIDS; SOFT SWITCHING; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TOPOLOGY;

ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

EID: 84874602494     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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