A Quasi-Resonant Bidirectional Converter with Soft-Switching Operation for Energy Storage Applications

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dc.contributor.advisorLam, John
dc.creatorAggarwal, Devina
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-27T16:41:23Z
dc.date.available2018-08-27T16:41:23Z
dc.date.copyright2018-04-26
dc.date.issued2018-08-27
dc.date.updated2018-08-27T16:41:23Z
dc.degree.disciplineComputer Engineering
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMASc - Master of Applied Science
dc.description.abstractThe increased penetration of renewable energy power systems to produce clean and sustainable energy has led to the increased usage of various types of energy storage devices, such as high power density battery technologies, flywheel energy storage and super-capacitors. Energy storage devices are essential in any renewable generation systems to ensure providing uninterruptible and reliable power. Typically, a power electronic converter is required to serve as the intermediary between the common grid in a renewable energy system and the energy storage device. To be specific, the power converter must be able to facilitate bidirectional power flow between the grid and the energy storage device. Since the voltage level of the energy storage device is often much lower than the grid voltage level, the bidirectional converter must ensure that the voltage level can be stepped up or down efficiently as per the system requirements depending on the direction of the power flow. In this thesis, a unique quasi-resonant bidirectional converter topology is proposed for energy storage application. The proposed circuit only requires two switches to achieve bidirectional power flow. Hence, compared to the conventional dual-active bridge (DAB) based bidirectional converter topologies that require 8 switches, the total number of active switching devices required the proposed topology is greatly reduced. In addition, both switches in the proposed topology are able to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on and zero current switching (ZCS) turn-off to minimize the switching power losses without using additional auxiliary circuits. The operating principles and design equations of the proposed circuit will be discussed in details in this thesis. An extended version of the proposed topology that employs a modular design structure for high power application is also presented and discussed. Simulation results and experimental works on a proof-of-concept hardware prototype are given to highlight the performance of the proposed bidirectional converter.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35013
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectElectrical engineering
dc.subject.keywordsPower electronics
dc.subject.keywordsBidirectional converter
dc.subject.keywordsEnergy storage
dc.subject.keywordsSoft-switching
dc.subject.keywordsModular
dc.titleA Quasi-Resonant Bidirectional Converter with Soft-Switching Operation for Energy Storage Applications
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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