Power converter design optimization

Author

Busquets-Monge, Sergio ; Soremekun, Grant ; Hefiz, E. ; Crebier, Christophe ; Ragon, Scott ; Boroyevich, Dushan ; Gürdal, Zafer ; Arpilliere, Michel ; Lindner, Douglas K.

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

38

Abstract

This article present GA-based design approach to optimization of power electronics circuits is shown to be a very effective and powerful tool for obtaining improved solutions compared to traditional design procedures. In the GA procedure, each design is represented using a "gene string" for the converter design problem, each gene string is used to represent the set of electrical components that define one possible converter design. The design of power electronics systems involves a large number of design variables and the application of knowledge from several different engineering fields.

Keywords

design engineering; genetic algorithms; power convertors; power electronics; GA-based design; electrical components; gene string; optimization; power converter; power electronics circuits; Circuits; Design automation; Design optimization; FETs; Hardware; MOSFETs; Magnetic separation; Optimization methods; Power electronics; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIA.2004.1256250

Filename

1256250