This paper presents the design of new highfrequency transformer isolated bidirectional dc-dc converter modules connected in module-cascaded solid state transformer (SST). A phase-shift dual active bridge (DAB) converter is employed to achieve high-frequency galvanic isolation, bidirectional power flow, and zero voltage switching (ZVS) of all switching devices, which leads to low switching losses even with high-frequency operation. Bidirectional DC-DC converter is crucial to the power transmission in SST. The proposed DAB converter consists of two three-leg bridges and a high-frequency transformer with winding shunting taps. Furthermore, the commutation inductance connected in series with the transformer in the conventional DAB converter is integrated into the transformer windings, thus, enjoying smaller volume and higher power density. By changing the number of primary winding turns, leakage inductance, which is the key parameter in the energy transfer process of DAB converter, can be adjusted on a large scale, enabling the possibility of reducing loss over wide load range. Additionally, time-sharing circuit topology and operation mode are adopted to adapt to the output power by detecting the output current as the feedback. As a result, the efficiency at both light and heavy load can be significantly improved compared with the conventional DAB converter, and, therefore, high efficiency over wide load range and high power density can be achieved. Besides, the additional bridge arm structure along with a flexible control scheme provides possible high-level fault tolerance. Finally, the simulation results on a 2-kW DAB converter module switching at 10kHz are presented to validate the theoretical analysis.


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    Title :

    Research on loss reduction of dual active bridge converter over wide load range for solid state transformer application


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    Publication date :

    2016-04-01


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    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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