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A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells

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  • Long-Yi Chang

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50074, Taiwan
    Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, Taiwan)

  • Jung-Hao Chang

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, Taiwan)

  • Kuei-Hsiang Chao

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, Taiwan)

  • Yi-Nung Chung

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50074, Taiwan)

Abstract

This paper presents an interleaved inductor-coupled converter for a fuel cell. It is designed to boost a low input voltage from a fuel cell to a specified voltage level for DC load or high voltage DC link, thus providing a high-voltage conversion ratio. The presented converter mainly involves coupled inductors and capacitor of voltage doublers for boosting purposes, but the voltage ratings of the involved power switches and diodes, in particular, remain unaffected as the output voltage is boosted. Using an interleaving trigger mechanism, this circuit configuration can not only suppress the input current ripple, but also reduce the current ratings of power switches. In simple terms, it is a low-cost but high-voltage gain converter due to a smaller number of required components and the lower current and voltage ratings of power switches. The operation principles and design steps are detailed herein, and the performance simulations are experimentally validated at the end of the work.

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  • Long-Yi Chang & Jung-Hao Chang & Kuei-Hsiang Chao & Yi-Nung Chung, 2016. "A Low-Cost High-Performance Interleaved Inductor-Coupled Boost Converter for Fuel Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-22, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:9:y:2016:i:10:p:792-:d:79782
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    1. Markus Grötsch & Michael Mangold & Achim Kienle, 2009. "Analysis of the Coupling Behavior of PEM Fuel Cells and DC-DC Converters," Energies, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-26, March.
    2. Ching-Ming Lai & Yuan-Chih Lin & Dasheng Lee, 2015. "Study and Implementation of a Two-Phase Interleaved Bidirectional DC/DC Converter for Vehicle and DC-Microgrid Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-23, September.
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