A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells
This paper presents an interleaved inductor-coupled converter for a fuel cell. It is designed to boost a low input voltage from a fuel cell to a specified voltage level for DC load or high voltage DC link, thus providing a high-voltage conversion ratio. The presented converter mainly involves couple...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2016-10-01
|
| Series: | Energies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/10/792 |
| _version_ | 1818015674499334144 |
|---|---|
| author | Long-Yi Chang Jung-Hao Chang Kuei-Hsiang Chao Yi-Nung Chung |
| author_facet | Long-Yi Chang Jung-Hao Chang Kuei-Hsiang Chao Yi-Nung Chung |
| author_sort | Long-Yi Chang |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper presents an interleaved inductor-coupled converter for a fuel cell. It is designed to boost a low input voltage from a fuel cell to a specified voltage level for DC load or high voltage DC link, thus providing a high-voltage conversion ratio. The presented converter mainly involves coupled inductors and capacitor of voltage doublers for boosting purposes, but the voltage ratings of the involved power switches and diodes, in particular, remain unaffected as the output voltage is boosted. Using an interleaving trigger mechanism, this circuit configuration can not only suppress the input current ripple, but also reduce the current ratings of power switches. In simple terms, it is a low-cost but high-voltage gain converter due to a smaller number of required components and the lower current and voltage ratings of power switches. The operation principles and design steps are detailed herein, and the performance simulations are experimentally validated at the end of the work. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-14T07:00:24Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9d98b13f19b74c1387d6daed1f4017c9 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1996-1073 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-14T07:00:24Z |
| publishDate | 2016-10-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Energies |
| spelling | doaj.art-9d98b13f19b74c1387d6daed1f4017c92022-12-22T02:06:46ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732016-10-0191079210.3390/en9100792en9100792A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel CellsLong-Yi Chang0Jung-Hao Chang1Kuei-Hsiang Chao2Yi-Nung Chung3Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50074, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50074, TaiwanThis paper presents an interleaved inductor-coupled converter for a fuel cell. It is designed to boost a low input voltage from a fuel cell to a specified voltage level for DC load or high voltage DC link, thus providing a high-voltage conversion ratio. The presented converter mainly involves coupled inductors and capacitor of voltage doublers for boosting purposes, but the voltage ratings of the involved power switches and diodes, in particular, remain unaffected as the output voltage is boosted. Using an interleaving trigger mechanism, this circuit configuration can not only suppress the input current ripple, but also reduce the current ratings of power switches. In simple terms, it is a low-cost but high-voltage gain converter due to a smaller number of required components and the lower current and voltage ratings of power switches. The operation principles and design steps are detailed herein, and the performance simulations are experimentally validated at the end of the work.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/10/792interleaved converterfuel cellhigh voltage conversion ratioinductor-coupled converterDC linkvoltage doublers |
| spellingShingle | Long-Yi Chang Jung-Hao Chang Kuei-Hsiang Chao Yi-Nung Chung A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells Energies interleaved converter fuel cell high voltage conversion ratio inductor-coupled converter DC link voltage doublers |
| title | A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells |
| title_full | A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells |
| title_fullStr | A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells |
| title_short | A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells |
| title_sort | low cost high performance interleaved inductor coupled boost converter for fuel cells |
| topic | interleaved converter fuel cell high voltage conversion ratio inductor-coupled converter DC link voltage doublers |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/10/792 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT longyichang alowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT junghaochang alowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT kueihsiangchao alowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT yinungchung alowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT longyichang lowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT junghaochang lowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT kueihsiangchao lowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells AT yinungchung lowcosthighperformanceinterleavedinductorcoupledboostconverterforfuelcells |