TY - GEN
T1 - Soft switching non-isolated current-fed inverter for PV/Fuel-cell applications
AU - Moorthy, Radha Sree Krishna
AU - Rathore, Akshay Kumar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/2/12
Y1 - 2014/2/12
N2 - A non-isolated current-fed inverter for fuel-cell/PV applications is propsoed. An impulse commutated current-fed half-bridge converter is selected as the front-end dc/dc converter that provides high voltage gain required for such applications. Impulse commutation enables zero current switching (ZCS) of the semiconductor devices. The devices' voltage gets naturally clamped owing to impulse commutation eliminating the turn-off spike. Voltage doubler has been employed to reduce the device voltage ratings and enhance the voltage gain. Variable frequency modulation ensures output voltage regulation with input and load voltage variations. A 500 W prototype was developed in the laboratory to demonstrate the inverter performance and verify the proposed operation and claims.
AB - A non-isolated current-fed inverter for fuel-cell/PV applications is propsoed. An impulse commutated current-fed half-bridge converter is selected as the front-end dc/dc converter that provides high voltage gain required for such applications. Impulse commutation enables zero current switching (ZCS) of the semiconductor devices. The devices' voltage gets naturally clamped owing to impulse commutation eliminating the turn-off spike. Voltage doubler has been employed to reduce the device voltage ratings and enhance the voltage gain. Variable frequency modulation ensures output voltage regulation with input and load voltage variations. A 500 W prototype was developed in the laboratory to demonstrate the inverter performance and verify the proposed operation and claims.
KW - Current-fed converter
KW - Impulse commutation
KW - Variable frequency modulation
KW - Zero current switching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84946690096&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PEDES.2014.7042065
DO - 10.1109/PEDES.2014.7042065
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84946690096
T3 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 2014
BT - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 2014
Y2 - 16 December 2014 through 19 December 2014
ER -
