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The Influence of the Transformer Core Material on the Characteristics of a Full-Bridge DC-DC Converter

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  • Krzysztof Górecki

    (Department of Marine Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 83, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland)

  • Kalina Detka

    (Department of Marine Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 83, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland)

  • Krystian Kaczerski

    (Department of Marine Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 83, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland)

Abstract

The paper analyzes the influence of the material from which the ferromagnetic core of a transformer is made on the characteristics of a full-bridge converter. Experimental investigations were carried out for three bridge converters containing transformers with ring cores made of various materials: iron powder, ferrite, and nanocrystalline material. The properties of the aforementioned converters were considered in a wide range of changes of input voltage, load resistance, as well as frequency and the duty cycle of the control signal. Based on the obtained measurements results of the relationship between the parameters of the used transformer core and the obtained values of the output voltage, the energy efficiency of the full bridge converter was discussed. The method of transformer modeling in the SPICE program for the analysis of the considered converter in this program was proposed. The correctness of this model was demonstrated for a converter containing a transformer with a powdered iron core.

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  • Krzysztof Górecki & Kalina Detka & Krystian Kaczerski, 2022. "The Influence of the Transformer Core Material on the Characteristics of a Full-Bridge DC-DC Converter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:17:p:6160-:d:896870
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    1. Krzysztof Górecki & Kalina Detka & Krzysztof Górski, 2020. "Compact Thermal Model of the Pulse Transformer Taking into Account Nonlinearity of Heat Transfer," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-17, June.
    2. Kalina Detka & Krzysztof Górecki, 2020. "Influence of the Size and Shape of Magnetic Core on Thermal Parameters of the Inductor," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-20, July.
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