Design and characterization of an eight-phase-137-kW intercell transformer dedicated to multicell DC-DC stages in a modular UPS

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-55

  Forest, François ^a   Meynard, Thierry A ^b   Huselstein, Jean Jacques ^a   Flumian, Didier ^b   Rizet, Corentin ^c   Lacarnoy, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b d'Hydraulique et des Telecommunications   (France)

^c SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC   (France)

Author keywords

Intercell transformer (ICT); interleaved converters; uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

Indexed keywords

BATTERY MANAGEMENT; CHARGER/DISCHARGER; CURRENT BALANCE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INTERCELL; INTERLEAVED CONVERTERS; OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; TOPOLOGY;

UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880874582     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2248755     Document Type: Article

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