Characterizations of Resonant Converters Based DC Transformers for Microgrid Application

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Abstract

Conventional line frequency transformers have the disadvantages of large volume and low efficiency. The medium or high frequency transformers based on power converters can achieve high power conversion with small footprint have drawn popularity in numerous industrial applications. Unregulated resonant converters, LLC and CLLC resonant converters, with fixed voltage conversion ratio operating at resonant frequency, which are also known as DC transformers (DCTs), are attractive owning to their high efficiency characteristic. Nevertheless, there are issues associated with DCTs in real applications. Regulation capability and automatic resonant frequency tracking capability are the two most important issues for DCTs. The main work of this paper is to characterize the resonant converters based DCTs, and overview the issues and solutions associated with DCTs. Guidelines can be provided for researchers and engineers when designing the resonant converters based DCTs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021
EditorsSudip K. Mazumder, Juan Carlos Balda, Lina He, Jianzhe Liu, Ankit Gupta
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780738142371
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event12th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 28 Jun 20211 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period28/06/211/07/21

Keywords

  • DC transformer
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Resonant converters

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