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This study proposes a novel isolated bidirectional DC/DC converter for micro-grid system, which can fulfil battery charging and discharging. Even though the proposed converter only employs four active switches and a coupled inductor, it can achieve high-voltage ratio without excessive duty ratio or high transformer turns ratio. The power stage of the converter is mainly developed by integrating a three-winding coupled inductor, three-switched capacitors, and a flyback-behaviour converter into a novel structure. The energy stored in the leakage inductance can be totally recycled for efficiency improvement. The operation principle, steady-state analysis, and design considerations of the proposed converter are described in detail. Finally, a laboratory prototype is built to validate the converter. The measured results have verified the correctness and the theoretical analysis.

Abstract:In this paper, a novel isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter is proposed, which is able to accomplish high step-up/down voltage conversion. Therefore, it is suitable for hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell vehicle, energy backup system, and grid-system applications. The proposed converter incorporates a coupled inductor to behave forward-and-flyback energy conversion for high voltage ratio and provide galvanic isolation. The energy stored in the leakage inductor of the coupled inductor can be recycled without the use of additional snubber mechanism or clamped circuit. No matter in step-up or step-down mode, all power switches can operate with soft switching. Moreover, there is a inherit feature that metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with smaller on-state resistance can be adopted because of lower voltage endurance at primary side. Operation principle, voltage ratio derivation, and inductor design are thoroughly described in this paper. In addition, a 1-kW prototype is implemented to validate the feasibility and correctness of the converter. Experimental results indicate that the peak efficiencies in step-up and step-down modes can be up to 95.4% and 93.6%, respectively.

Abstract:In this paper, a detailed and systematic derivation of the output filter in a novel dual-input photovoltaic (PV)-wind converter (DIPWC) is presented. The theoretical derivation is based on an energy balance principle. While the DIPWC operates in steady state, the amount of charged energy of the output filter will be equal to that of the energy pumped away within one switching cycle. From this zero net change in energy, the minimum value of the output filter can be found. With the determined value, the DIPWC is able to operate in continuous conduction for high power applications. The developed procedure of the inductance determination can be applied to other types of dual-input converters. Therefore, it makes significant contributions to the design toward a green-energy, multi-input converter. To verify the correctness of the mathematical analysis, the DIPWC-with the derived output inductance-is built and tested. Practical measurements and results have verified the inductance determination.

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