Novel zero-current-switching current-fed half-bridge isolated DC/DC converter for fuel-cell-based applications

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1658-1668

  Prasanna, Udupi R ^a   Rathore, Akshay K ^b   Mazumder, Sudip K ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional converter; current fed; dc dc converter; fuel cells; renewable energy sources; soft switching

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTER (BDC); CURRENT FED; DC/DC POWER CONVERSIONS; HALF-BRIDGE CONVERTERS; ISOLATED DC/DC CONVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FUEL CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOFT SWITCHING;

ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

EID: 84880911046     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2257980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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