A review on state-of-the-art power converters: bidirectional, resonant, multilevel converters and their derivatives

S Alatai, M Salem, D Ishak, HS Das, M Alhuyi Nazari… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the rapid development of modern energy applications such as renewable energy, PV
systems, electric vehicles, and smart grids, DC-DC converters have become the key …

A three-level resonant DAB converter featuring minimized circulating losses for EV battery charging

NJM Mary, S Sathyan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A three-level modified series–parallel bidirectional isolated dc–dc resonant converter (TL-
MSPBRC) is proposed for electric vehicle (EV) battery charging. The converter's …

Novel bidirectional isolated dc/dc converter with high gain ratio and wide input voltage for electric vehicle storage systems

YE Wu, CH Tai - Batteries, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study proposes a novel bidirectional isolated DC/DC converter with a high gain ratio
and wide input voltage for electric vehicle (EV) storage systems. The DC bus of an EV can …

An Isolated High-Voltage-Gain Resonant Converter Utilizing Voltage Quadrupler With Bidirectional-Switch for Fuel-Cell Applications

J Yea, B Han - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a high-voltage-gain resonant converter with zero input current ripple
for fuel cell applications. The proposed converter comprises an interleaved current-fed …

Fixed-Frequency Circulant Phase-Shift Controlled Current-Fed Resonant Converter With Wide Voltage Gain Range

R Gu, D Zhang, J Duan, R Qu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a novel current-fed LLC resonant (CFLLC) converter for wide voltage
range applications. For the proposed CFLLC converter, it is obtained by integrating a boost …

Highly efficient current-fed half-bridge resonant converter for pulse power applications

J Hassan, C Bai, H Seok, JW Lim… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a highly efficient current-fed half-bridge resonant converter over a wide
range of the output voltages. By adding a bidirectional switch across center nodes of the …

A High Efficiency Modified Forward Converter for Solar Photovoltaic Applications

PV Pol, SL Patil - Electric Power Components and Systems, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, a modification of a conventional forward converter and a new mixed-stranded
transformer winding technique are proposed for the development of a simple and high …

A ZVS Critical Current Tracing Modulation for Current-Fed Series Resonant Converters in Fuel Cell Vehicles

J Zheng, J Liu, R Hu, N Yang, Y Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, the redundant circulating current is identified as the key factor leading to the
degradation of the efficiency of current-fed series resonant converters at light loads, which …

Single-Stage LLC Resonant Converter for Induction Heating System with Improved Power Quality

A Kumar, A Goswami, PK Sadhu, JR Szymanski - Electricity, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a single-stage direct AC to high-frequency (HF) AC resonant converter
based on LLC configuration for induction heating (IH) systems or HF applications. Unlike …

Front-End Current-Fed High Gain Isolated Converter with Flexible Power Point Tracking for Floating PV System

S Raizada, V Verma - Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, 2024 - Springer
Conventionally, a floating PV (FPV) system suffers from high intermittency and utilizes string
PV and centralized bulky converters with complex maintenance and low reliability. The …