Switched circuits in power electronics by their nature present hybrid behavior. Such circuits can be described by a set of discrete states with associated continuous dynamics. A control objective, usually regulation of the output in the face of disturbances in the continuous system, is accomplished by choosing among discrete states. We describe a hybrid systems perspective of several common tas...

A new zero voltage switching current fed zero-voltage switching isolated boost converter topology for fuel cell applications is presented. L-type half-bridge is more suitable to low voltage, high current applications such as front-end dc–dc converters for the fuel cell applications. It has larger switch voltage rating and also suffers from high voltage across the switches. Clamping methods are ...

This paper focuses on the study of DC-to-DC converters, which are suitable for low-voltage high-power applications. The output voltages generated by renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic arrays and fuel cell stacks are generally low and required to be increased to high voltage levels. Development of DC-to-DC converters, which provide high step-up voltage conversion ratios with high effi...

In this paper, a new transformerless buck-boost converter based on ZETA converter is introduced. The proposed converter has the ZETA converter advantages such as, buck-boost capability and input to output DC insulation. The suggested converter voltage gain is higher than the classic ZETA converter. In the presented converter, only one main switch is utilized. The proposed converter offers low v...

Single-Stage transformerless AC/DC converter received much attention in the universal line application. Unlike the existing converters a new high step-down transformerless single-stage single-switch AC/DC converter is proposed. The topology integrates a buck-buck-boost converter with low intermediate bus and output voltage. The converter utilizes a buck converter as a PFC cell and buck-boost co...

This paper introduces a versatile control scheme for unidirectional ac–dc boost converters using fuzzy logic controller for the purpose of mitigating grid power quality. Since most power factor correction circuits available in the commercial market utilize unidirectional ac– dc boost converter topologies, this is an almost nocost solution for compensating harmonic current and reactive power in ...

This paper presents dc-dc converter operation of boost converter are an enabling soft switching technology. This proposed converter configuration can achieve zero voltage switching. The circuit consists of a general boost Converter with an auxiliary circuit which has a additional switch, and resonant components (snubbers). Boost converter has loss mechanism, current stress and voltage stress. b...

This paper presents development of an optimal control strategy for a hybrid photovoltaic/battery energy storage (PV/BES) system. The fluctuations at the DC bus voltage due to voltage sag were mitigated by using charge/discharge capability of the BES through the DC/DC buck/boost converter. Furthermore, an optimization of system control parameters responsible for DC bus voltage regulation within ...

This paper proposes a new passive snubber for enhancing the power conversion efficiency on a single phase ac-dc power factor correction (PFC) converter based on boost topology for battery charging systems. Soft switching can be achieved in the proposed converter with the proposed auxillary passive snubber circuit which is added to the conventional boost PFC converter. The converter switch is pr...