Study of two-phase interleaved boost converter using coupled inductors for a fuel cell

Author

Phattanasak, M. ; Kaewmanee, W. ; Thounthong, P. ; Gavagsaz-Ghoachani, Roghayeh ; Martin, John Paul ; Pierfederici, S. ; Davat, B. ; Zandi, Marjan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Teacher Training in Electr. Eng., King Mongkut´s Univ. of Technol. North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

fYear

2013

fDate

15-17 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, an analysis of two-phase interleaved boost converter working in both CCM and DCM is presented. This kind of DC-DC converters is usually used as a bridge to increase the output voltage level to a suitable one compared to the input voltage like fuel cell converter. Interleaving technique can be used to reduce current ripples of DC-DC converter and to increase input current capability. The analytic solutions of the input ripple current of each cell and whole the cells are detailed. Moreover, the output characteristics of the converter corresponding to load are given. Different cases of input current waveforms are provided experimentally. The experimental results confirm the validity of the study.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; fuel cells; power inductors; CCM; DC-DC converter; DCM; coupled inductor; current ripple reduction; fuel cell; two-phase interleaved boost converter; Couplings; Educational institutions; Fuel cells; Green products; Inductors; Magnetic cores; Switches; DC-DC Converter; Interleaving technique; coupled inductors; fuel cell;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2013 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Krabi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0546-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTICon.2013.6559613

Filename

6559613