Resonant converter building blocks for high power, high voltage applications

Author

Agamy, M.S. ; Dame, M.E. ; Dai, J. ; Li, X. ; Cioffi, P.M. ; Sellick, R.L. ; Gupta, R.K.

Author_Institution

GE Global Res. Center, Niskayuna, NY, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

15-19 March 2015

Firstpage

2116

Lastpage

2121

Abstract

This paper presents the use of high frequency resonant power converters as building blocks for medium voltage and high voltage dc architectures. Resonant topologies provide high power density and high efficiency due to their soft switching characteristics. Converter design considerations are investigated along with the interconnection of multiple units in series and/or parallel configurations as well as power flow control requirements. Analysis, simulations and experimental results are presented to prove the proposed methods.

Keywords

load flow control; resonant power convertors; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; building blocks; converter design considerations; high frequency resonant power converters; high power applications; high power density; high voltage dc architectures; medium voltage architectures; multiple units interconnection; parallel configurations; power flow control requirements; resonant topologies; series configurations; soft switching characteristics; Inductance; Load flow; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic switching; Switches; Voltage control; DC transformer; HVDC/MVDC grid; high frequency transformer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Charlotte, NC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2015.7104641

Filename

7104641