An active clamping current-fed half-bridge converter for fuel-cell generation systems

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 4709-4714

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Jang, Su Jin ^a   Lee, Byoung Kuk ^b   Kim, Soo Seok ^c   Lee, Tae Won ^a   Won, Chung Yuen ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RIPPLES; POWER CONDITIONER SYSTEMS (PCS); VOLTAGE-SOURCE; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS);

CLAMPING DEVICES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; FUEL CELLS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; POWER GENERATION; SIMULATORS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 8744271102     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2004.1354832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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