Optimal design of high-frequency magnetic links for power converters used in grid-connected renewable energy systems

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Islam, Md Rabiul ^a   Lei, Gang ^a   Guo, Youguang ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design optimization; high frequency magnetic links; nanocrystalline and amorphous materials; smart grids

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POWER CONVERTERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGNS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MULTIPHYSICS PROBLEMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SMART GRID;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84915803399     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2014.2329939     Document Type: Article

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