Pulsed power systems are concerned with the delivery of significant amounts of power in a greatly condensed time frame. To achieve this, energy is often stored in a capacitor, where it can be rapidly discharged. Certain applications require repeated charging and discharging of the load capacitor in a specifically modulated manner; special power electronics systems must be developed for these situations. Existing systems on the market sacrifice a small form factor for greater pulsed power output. The proposed design outlines the development of a compact pulsed power capacitor charger capable of charging a load capacitor to high voltages at a pulse repetition frequency of 30 kHz. Due to the compact form factor, the charger features a unique design of four full-bridge converters modularly connected in Input-Parallel Output-Series configuration. Experimental verification shows that the system exceeds expectations and can be utilized and adapted to fit many pulsed power applications.

Orientador: Carlos Alberto Canesin / Resumo: No presente trabalho de dissertação, é analisado e desenvolvido um conversor ressonante com o objetivo de produzir ozônio, aplicado à água de processos de higienização industrial. Na atualidade, no ano de 2018, dois dos fatores de grande importância no desenvolvimento de conversores para geração de ozônio são: a eficiência energética, isto é, quanta energia é aproveitada em relação à energia total fornecida ao conversor, e a outra é a produção de ozônio fazendo uso dessa energia aproveitada. Os dois fatores não necessariamente estão relacionados, por exemplo, para dois conversores distintos com a mesma energia disponível, pode acontecer que em um deles possa ser produzido maiores concentrações de ozônio com um menor aproveitamento de energia. Portanto, este trabalho enfatiza a melhoria da eficiência energética na produção de ozônio, empregando comutação suave nas estruturas envolvidas do conversor ressonante proposto, o que resulta em uma eficiência energética de 91,57%. A estrutura do conversor proposto apresenta dois estágios em cascata, o primeiro deles, um conversor que é responsável por gerar um barramento CC estável de 400,5 V e que atende aos requisitos de fator de potência e distorção harmônica total com valores de 0,994 e 5,79%(para a corrente de entrada), respectivamente, e o segundo, um inversor ressonante capaz de fornecer uma tensão de 4,4 kV com uma frequência de 10 kHz que atua como fonte de alimentação de um reator conformado por câmaras de descarga usadas em ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In the present dissertation, it is studied and developed a resonant converter in order to produce ozone, applied in water treatment for cleaning processes. Currently, in the year 2018, two of the factors of great importance in the development of converters for ozone generation are: energy efficiency, that is, how much energy is used in relation to the total energy supplied to the converter, and the other is the production of ozone making use of this energy harnessed. The two factors are not necessarily related, for example, for two different converters with the same energy available, it can happen that in one of them can be produced higher concentrations of ozone with a lower use of energy. Therefore, this work emphasizes the improvement of energy efficiency in the production of ozone using soft switching in the involved structures of the proposed resonant converter, which results in an energy efficiency of 91.57%. The structure of the proposed converter has two stages in cascade, the first one, a converter that is responsible for generating a stable DC bus of 400.5 V and that meets the requirements of power factor and total harmonic distortion with values of 0.994 and 5.79% (for the input current), respectively, and the second, a resonant inverter capable of providing a voltage of 4.4 kV with a frequency of 10 kHz which acts as a power supply for a reactor formed by discharge chambers used in ozone generation applications by electric discharge. Naturally, relevant ozone info... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs), over recent years, have gained popularity in high-voltage(HV) and medium-voltage (MV) applications due to their high reliability. Also, with the rapid growth of solar photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage systems, there is a high demand for efficient and reliable power converter solutions. Therefore, due to the seen merits behind MMCs, this thesis assesses their performance for low-voltage (LV) applications. This is accomplished by comparing basic MMC solutions with an equivalent flying capacitors based solution. Such comparison is based on the evaluation of the passive elements requirements, semi-conductor losses, area, voltage, and current stresses, and common-mode voltage. It is worth mentioning that the evaluation is based on utilizing LV MOSFETs. Furthermore, the thesis introduces a modulation scheme for the full-bridge submodule MMC, thus further exploring the different operating regions of the full-bridge based MMC.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Thales Sousa / The world has been searching different sorts of technology to mitigate any energetic crises in function in a growing demand of energy, resulting by generation of pollutants from the actual energy source uses. Developments of new technology application as electric transport with rechargeable cell are actually trends to mitigate these problems, cooperating to reduce energetic and environmental issues. In order, the present work proposes a two electric vehicles study, emphasizing the different classification of each other, depending on how electric and combustion energies are integrated. Different promising technological trend are presented to enhance the driving autonomy from the vehicles as the different ways to storage of energy and fuel feeding methods. Otherwise, the impacts on distribution network, environmental impacts and economic impacts are defined. Ultimately, it¿s made analysis bidirectional battery charger to an electric vehicle, considering every charger module in coupled manner, as the practice must be provided. The charger is made-up by a CA/CC Full-bridge bidirectional converter with power factor controller PFC, and CA/CC Full-bridge bidirectional converter isolation properties. These converters work altogether, providing from the energy distribution network to charge a battery cell and providing energy from the battery cell to the energy distribution network. / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Elétrica, 2014. / O mundo vem buscando diferentes tecnologias que mitiguem a possibilidade de uma crise energética, em função de uma demanda crescente de energia e uma crise ambiental, resultante das emissões de poluentes advinda das fontes de energia atualmente utilizadas. O desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias, como por exemplo, os meios de transporte elétricos recarregáveis, contribuem para que esses problemas sejam mitigados, colaborando para a minimização dos problemas energéticos e ambientais. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho propõe o estudo dos veículos elétricos, enfatizando as diferentes classificações dos mesmos, dependendo de como a energia elétrica e a energia de combustão são integradas. São apresentadas também, as tecnologias de geração de energia mais promissoras para o aumento de autonomia de condução, bem como as formas de armazenamento da energia e como os veículos elétricos são alimentados. Adicionalmente, são indicados os impactos dos veículos elétricos na rede de distribuição, os impactos ao ambiente e os impactos econômicos. Por último, é feita uma análise de um carregador de baterias bidirecional para um veículo elétrico, considerando todos os módulos do carregador de maneira acoplada, conforme deve ser previsto na pratica. O carregador esta composto por um conversor bidirecional CA/CC Full-Bridge com propriedades de correção de fator de potência e, um conversor bidirecional CC/CC Full-Bridge isolado. Estes conversores trabalham em conjunto fornecendo da rede de distribuição energia para carregar um banco de baterias e entregando energia das baterias à rede de distribuição.

In this work, the operating modes and characteristics of a Z-source full-bridge dc/dc converter are investigated. The mathematical analysis of the converter in continuous conduction mode, CCM and discontinuous conduction mode-2, DCM-2 operations is conducted. The transfer functions are derived for CCM and DCM-2 operation and validated by the simulation. The current mode controller of the converter is designed and its performance is checked in the simulation. The component waveforms in CCM and DCM-2 modes of operation are verified by operating the prototype converter in open-loop mode. The designed controller performance is tested with the closed-loop control implementation of the prototype converter. The theoretical efficiency analysis of the converter is made and compared with the measured efficiency of converter.

Distributed generation that utilizes 5-10kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cells requires power electronics to optimize the overall system efficiency while reducing the cost. The Adaptive Energy Zero-Voltage-Switching Phase-Shift-Modulated Full-Bridge (AE-ZVS-PSM-FB) topology meets these criteria under all loading conditions, but suffers from complexity associated with an analog control implementation. This thesis presents a novel Look-Up-Table (LUT) based digital controller required for such converter. The applied design approach also reduces the design time and controller requirements, which in turn decreases the overall system cost. Steady-state analysis for the AE-ZVS-PSM-FB converter is performed using a piece-wise equivalent circuit model. This analysis is used to verify the LUT concept that forms the basis for the proposed LUT-based digital controller. The proposed LUT-based digital control algorithm is developed and verified using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Logic platform. Design procedures and operational function under steady state and step change conditions are presented. Simulation results demonstrate the LUT concept in the AE-ZVS-PSM-FB converter, and the simplicity of the proposed LUT-based digital controller in producing the expected switching sequence. Simulation results were also produced showing successful dynamic response of LUT-based digital controller interconnected with the converter under different operating conditions. A Xilinx FPGA demonstration board was used to generate experimental switching sequence results to demonstrate the simplicity of the proposed controller. / Thesis (Master, Electrical & Computer Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2007-09-25 10:26:39.909

This diploma thesis deals with design of welding power supply for MIG / MAG and MMA technique with continuous output current 120 A. The first, theoretical part is devoted to welding process technology, physical characteristics of electric arc and description of individual welding methods. The thesis also deals with the concept of power converter. The design of the switched-mode power supply is based on a full bridge topology. In order to implement advanced controls of welding power supply, the ARM Cortex M4 microprocessor was selected. Due to the large power consumption of the stepper motor for drive the welding wire, an auxiliary switched-mode power supply was also implemented. The documentation describing the realization of the welding power supply and the results of the measurements are in the last part of the thesis. The welding power supply was successfully revived and reached nominal parameters. Inert gas welding has not been tested yet, due to lack of time caused by extensive work in order to complete mechanical realization.

This diploma thesis deals with design and comparison of selected DC/DC converters, where the better of them is practically realized. The first part of the diploma thesis is focused on the general analysis of DC/DC power converters. The following part is theoretical analysis focused on the first selected topology – step-up converter. The second analysed topology is forward converter with full bridge on the primary side. The theoretical analysis also includes a description of synchronous rectifier, the differences between hard and soft switching, and the types of secondary rectifiers. Another part specializes in the detailed calculation of main components of selected converters and their subsequent power dimensioning. Both designed topologies are compared according to the required aspects. The selected better topology is supplemented by the design of control circuits and an auxiliary power supply. Practical realization of converter and commissioning follows. The diploma thesis ends with verification measurements on the realized converter and their subsequent analysis.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / There are various types of power electronic converters available in recent days. In some applications (e.g. PC power supply), it is required to supply more than one load from a single power supply. One of the main challenges while designing a power converter is to increase its e ciency especially when the number of power switches employed is relatively large. While several loads are supplied from a single source, if the power loss in the switches cannot be reduced, then the expected utilization of using a single source is not very feasible. To reduce the loss and increase e ciency, the thesis presents a novel design with reduced number of switches. The scope of this thesis is not limited to the dc-dc converter only, the converter to supply three phase ac loads from a single dc source is also presented. This discussion includes an improved fault tolerant configuration of the inverter part. The generated waveforms from the simulations are included as a demonstration of satisfactory results.

Power converters used in high reliability radiation hardened space applications trail their commercial counterparts in terms of power density and efficiency. This is due to the additional challenges that arise in the design of space rated power converters from the harsh environment they need to operate in, to the limited availability of space qualified components and field demonstrated power converter topologies. New radiation hardened Gallium Nitride (GaN) Field Effect Transistors (FETs) with their inherent radiation tolerance and superior performance over Silicon Power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) are a promising alternative to improve power density and performance in space power converters. This thesis presents the considerations and design of a practical implementation of the Phase Shifted Full Bridge DC-DC Isolated converter with synchronous rectification for space applications. Recently released radiation hardened GaN FETs were used in the Full Bridge and synchronous rectifier power stages. A survey outlining the benefits of new radiation hardened GaN FETs for space power applications compared to current radiation hardened power MOSFETs is included. In addition, this work presents the overall design process followed to design the DC-DC converter power stage, as well as a comprehensive power loss analysis. Furthermore, this work includes details to implement a conventional hard-switched Full Bridge DC-DC converter for this application. An efficiency and component stress comparison was performed between the hard-switched Full Bridge design and the Phase Shifted Full Bridge DC-DC converter design. This comparison highlights the benefits of phase shift modulation (PSM) and zero voltage switching (ZVS) for GaN FET applications. Furthermore, different magnetic designs were characterized and compared for efficiency in both converters. The DC-DC converters implemented in this work regulate the output to a nominal 20 V, delivering 500 W from a nominal 100 V DC Bus input. Complete fault analysis and protection circuitry required for a space-qualified implementation is not addressed by this work. / MS / Recently released radiation-hardened Gallium Nitride (GaN) Field Effect Transistors (FETs) offer the opportunity to increase efficiency and power density of space DC-DC power converters. The current state of the art for space DC-DC power conversion trails their commercial counterparts in terms of power density and efficiency. This is mainly due to two factors. The first factor is related to the additional challenges that arise in the design of space rated power converters from the harsh environment they need to operate in, to the limited availability of space qualified components and field demonstrated converter topologies. The second factor lies in producing reliable radiation hardened power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs). GaN FETs not only have better electrical performance than power MOSFETs, they have also demonstrated inherent tolerance to radiation. This results in less structural device changes needed to make GaN FETs operate reliably under high radiation compared to their MOSFETs counterparts. This work outlines the design implications of using newly released radiation hardened GaN FETs to implement a fixed frequency isolated Phase Shifted Full Bridge DC-DC converter while strictly abiding to the design constraints found in space-power converter applications. In addition, a one-to-one performance comparison was made between the soft-switched Phase Shift modulated Full Bridge and the conventional hard-switched Full Bridge DC-DC converter. Finally, different magnetic designs were evaluated in the laboratory to assess their impact on converter efficiency.