TY - GEN
T1 - A three-phase current-fed push-pull DC-DC converter with active clamp for fuel cell applications
AU - Lee, Sangwon
AU - Choi, Sewan
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper a new active-clamped three-phase current-fed push-pull DC-DC converter is proposed for high power applications where low voltage high current input sources such as fuel cells are used. The proposed converter has the following features; active clamping of the transient surge voltage caused by transformer leakage inductances, natural ZVS turn-on of main switches using energy stored in transformer leakage inductor, small current rating and ZVZCS of clamp switches, no additional start-up circuitry for soft starting due to the operating duty cycle range between 0 and 1, ZCS turn-off of rectifier diodes leading to negligible voltage surge associated with the diode reverse recovery. Experimental results on a 5kW laboratory prototype are provided to validate the proposed concept.
AB - In this paper a new active-clamped three-phase current-fed push-pull DC-DC converter is proposed for high power applications where low voltage high current input sources such as fuel cells are used. The proposed converter has the following features; active clamping of the transient surge voltage caused by transformer leakage inductances, natural ZVS turn-on of main switches using energy stored in transformer leakage inductor, small current rating and ZVZCS of clamp switches, no additional start-up circuitry for soft starting due to the operating duty cycle range between 0 and 1, ZCS turn-off of rectifier diodes leading to negligible voltage surge associated with the diode reverse recovery. Experimental results on a 5kW laboratory prototype are provided to validate the proposed concept.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77952176634
U2 - 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433499
DO - 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433499
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952176634
SN - 9781424447824
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
SP - 1934
EP - 1941
BT - APEC 2010 - 25th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
T2 - 25th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2010
Y2 - 21 February 2010 through 25 February 2010
ER -