TY - GEN
T1 - Comparative analysis of MAB DC-DC converters configurations in modular smart transformer
AU - Costa, Levy F.
AU - Hoffmann, Felix
AU - Buticchi, Giampaolo
AU - Liserre, Marco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/7
Y1 - 2017/7/7
N2 - In this work, the quadruple active bridge DC-DC converter (QAB) is proposed to be used as a building block to implement the DC-DC stage of a Smart Transformer. Different configuration for this converter are possible and all of them are considered for investigation. Thus, four different architectures of ST, including one based on the Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter, are presented and compared in terms of cost, efficiency, reliability and implementation complexity. As an additional contribution, different semiconductors technology (silicon IGBT and silicon carbide MOSFETs) are evaluated in order to verify their impact on ST application. The design for each architecture is described and the results are compared. In order to validate the theoretical analysis developed in the paper, a 20 kW prototype was built and experimented.
AB - In this work, the quadruple active bridge DC-DC converter (QAB) is proposed to be used as a building block to implement the DC-DC stage of a Smart Transformer. Different configuration for this converter are possible and all of them are considered for investigation. Thus, four different architectures of ST, including one based on the Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter, are presented and compared in terms of cost, efficiency, reliability and implementation complexity. As an additional contribution, different semiconductors technology (silicon IGBT and silicon carbide MOSFETs) are evaluated in order to verify their impact on ST application. The design for each architecture is described and the results are compared. In order to validate the theoretical analysis developed in the paper, a 20 kW prototype was built and experimented.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027859146&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PEDG.2017.7972558
DO - 10.1109/PEDG.2017.7972558
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85027859146
T3 - 2017 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2017
BT - 2017 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 8th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2017
Y2 - 17 April 2017 through 20 April 2017
ER -