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In photovoltaic (PV) systems consisting of multiple strings connected in parallel, partial shading even on a single PV panel would hinder a whole string from generating power, significantly deteriorating energy yield of systems. To maximize energy yield from strings, PV systems require not only voltage equalizers to preclude partial shading issues but also converters for string control (or MPPT operation),...
This paper presents analysis, design, and implementation of the high-frequency split-pi converter. Split-Pi converter has distinctive features like the symmetry of the input and the output components. Also, the continuity of the input and output currents makes this converter more desirable in applications like electric vehicles and power management. Split-pi converter is a bi-directional voltage-fed...
Using the conventional boost converter in applications that require high-voltage-gain conversion have several challenges. The conventional boost converter can have high-voltage-gain ratio if only operates with an extremely high duty ratio. Also, the output diode might suffer from the reverse recovery phenomena at the high duty cycle and high-power applications. Therefore, a new topology is required...
In high-power converters based on SiC-MOSFET half-bridge modules, laminated busbar plays a critical role in linking the DC capacitor bank to power modules. The busbar stray capacitance has the same order of magnitude with drain-source capacitance of SiC-MOSFET and has a great impact on the turn-off voltage oscillation of SiC-MOSFET. In this paper, parasitic elements of a three-layer laminated busbar...
In this paper, a novel LLC resonant converter with parallel input and parallel output circuit topology is proposed to achieve the good performance of reduced switch count and medium power compared with conventional parallel half-bridge resonant converter. The proposed LLC resonant converter has two resonant circuits, two resonant circuits use the same power switches to transmit power so that the switch...
In order to support different types of rechargeable batteries (e.g. Li-Ion, Lead-Acid, NiMh), the design of universal battery chargers must focus on wide output voltage regulation, rather than on constant voltage regulation. The universal battery charger is expected to provide a demanding output voltage range between nominal and 1.5 times nominal, while sustaining the maximum power delivery and maintaining...
Half-bridge (HB) modular multi-level converter (MMC) based bipolar HVDC transmission systems can be employed to transfer bulk power over long distances with high reliability and flexibility. However, this configuration exhibits special fault behaviors that should be taken into account during its design stage. For instance, a single-phase-to-ground fault at the valve-side of the HB-MMCs will lead to...
A soft-switching solution implemented to the traditional bidirectional DC/DC converter is developed. The soft-switching cell, which composed of three auxiliary switches, one resonant capacitor and one resonant inductor, is equipped in the traditional bidirectional DC/DC converter to realize circuit ZCT or ZVT operations in both energy transmission directions. Two driving methods are presented to charging...
In this paper, a new quasi Z-source inverter based on new capacitor basic units (CAQZSI) is proposed. It is possible to develop the proposed topology by using n numbers of the basic units that is one of the main advantages of the proposed CAQZSI. The boost factor equation, voltage and current equations of the capacitors, diodes and inductors are obtained for the proposed topology and developed CAQZSI...
A bidirectional interleaved forward-flyback DC-DC converter with leakage energy recycled is proposed in this paper. The proposed converter uses two transformers to reduce the current stress on the power components to reduce the conduction loss and improve the efficiency. When the proposed converter is operated in the step-up mode, the voltage across switches is clamped at the input voltage, and the...
This paper presents guidelines for passive components design of single-stage buck-boost inverter with unfolding circuit. This inverter has low number of passive components and it is intended for application where a wide input regulation range is required. All theoretical statements are confirmed by simulation results.
This paper deals with the transformation from differential to common mode noise due to slightly unbalanced filter capacitors in a three-phase motor drive system. Indeed, filter components, i.e., inductors and capacitors, can be slightly different due to the tolerance of commercial products usually varying from 5% to 20%. Such components discrepancies result in noise transformation from differential...
Paper deals with LCLC converter with DC output. Both current and voltage sourced output rectifiers are considered. The performance investigation is focused on the nominal and overload operation conditions. Several differences are discovered during transient and steady — state analysis. Most significant is the existence of "zero-voltage interval" (ZVI) at the parallel resonant tank of the...
Because the numerous nonlinear components and fiber interfaces are used in Module Multiple Converter (MMC), the HIL test of MMC with detailed EMT model and the full-scale interface is hard to be implemented. In recent years, this existing disadvantage caused the MMC controller hardware and software difference between the HIL test and real project. In this paper, a detailed EMT model of hybrid MMC...
In this paper, a new continuouse current quasi Z-source inverter (CCQZSI) based on capacitor basic unit is proposed. By using n numbers of the basic units, the developed CCQZSI is proposed. High value of the boost factor is the main advantages of the proposed CCQZSI in comparison with the conventional Z-source inverter. This feature is obtained by considering same value of shoot-through (ST) duty...
This paper proposes the equivalent circuit of dynamic VD (PVD) in multi-break vacuum circuit breakers (VCBs). The equivalent circuit is composed of controlled post-arc sources, post arc resistors and equivalent capacitors. The PVD is divided into four processes: the initial transient recovery voltage (TRV) process, the oscillating TRV process, the stable TRV process and the power-frequency voltage...
The equivalent circuit of square-loop-resonator (SLR) bandpass filter (BPF) with cross-shaped I/O coupling is investigated to be analyzed and compared with the 3D electromagnetics (EM) simulator result. The proposed SLR BPF is designed for X-band frequency application with the center frequency of 9GHz and the −3dB fractional bandwidth larger than 3%. The analysis method is carried out by separating...
We present EMI simulations of a silicon carbide MOSFET traction inverter. The simulations are based on a transient circuit simulation and frequency domain simulations of different 3D geometry models. In a first step, an equivalent circuit is derived from parts of the geometry model and combined with an analytical model of the MOSFETs and an equivalent circuit model of the DC link capacitor. The results...
In this paper, we consider an optimization problem solving for model predictive control (MPC) of a modular multilevel converter (MMC). An MMC consists of a large number of submodules. The objective of the MPC is to determine the best switching sequences for the submodules in the MMC to track the phase current references for T time horizons. The MPC is formulated as a nonlinear mixed-integer programming...
It is known that the constant power load (CPL) property of load converter can degrade the stability of DC bus voltage of cascaded power converters system. An idea by combining virtual capacitor (VC) based active damping control (ADC) method with DC bus voltage conditioner (DBVC) technique for load converter is proposed in this paper. Through implementing common virtual capacitance volume requirement,...
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