Transformer for an N-port isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter

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

5

Abstract

In this paper, a transformer for an N-port isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter is presented. This converter can be used in hybrid renewable energy systems where many of energy sources and storage devices and load are required. The final model allows simple calculation of the exchanged power between ports. The example of three-winding transformer for a three-port DC-DC converter is realized. The proposed method was verified experimentally. Finally, this transformer was used in a hybrid energy source where the main energy source was a fuel cell coupled with a storage device (a bank of supercapacitor).

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; fuel cells; hybrid power systems; renewable energy sources; transformer windings; N-port isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter; exchanged power; fuel cell; hybrid energy source; hybrid renewable energy system; load; storage device; three-port DC-DC converter; three-winding transformer; Circuit faults; Inductance; Load modeling; Renewable energy sources; Transformer cores; Windings; DC-DC Converter; Transformer; hybrid sources;

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.2013.6559647

Filename

6559647