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Power Decoupled Multi-Port Dual-Active-Bridge Converter Employing Multiple Transformers for DC Distribution Applications

복수의 변압기를 사용하여 독립 전력제어가 가능한 DC 배전용 다중포트 Dual-Active-Bridge 컨버터

  • Received : 2020.02.13
  • Accepted : 2020.04.08
  • Published : 2020.08.20
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Abstract

This study proposes a power decoupled multi-port dual-active-bridge (DAB) DC-DC converter employing multiple transformers. Conventional multiport DAB DC-DC converters experience a power coupling issue from the use of a single transformer, which essentially requires complex power decoupling control. To solve this issue, a multiport DAB DC-DC converter employing multiple transformers is proposed to decouple output power without additional complex control algorithms. The proposed converter uses multiple transformers that can expand output ports easily. Therefore, transformers and the proposed multi-port DAB converter can be designed simply. In addition, the number of coupling inductors can be reduced in the proposed three-port DAB converter compared with that in conventional multiport DAB converters. The power decoupling characteristics and equivalent circuit of the proposed converter are analyzed using theoretical model approaches. Finally, a 3-kW laboratory prototype is developed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed converter.

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