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# IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

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Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):C1 - 1506
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics publication information

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): C2
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• ### Guest editorial - special issue on power electronics in DC distribution systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1507 - 1508
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The existing infrastructures of electrical power systems are still dominated by ac. The challenge in the coming years lies in developing new infrastructures and power modules, setting up safety standards and regulations, and investigating system stability and dynamics for dc distribution systems, to which this Special Issue is dedicated. A perspective of the challenge is broken down as follows: 1)... View full abstract»

• ### Battery/Supercapacitors Combination in Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1509 - 1522
Cited by:  Papers (69)
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This study presents a study of the reduction in battery stresses by using supercapacitors (SCs) in a 500-kVA rated UPS. We aim at investigating the optimal supercapacitors-battery combination versus the SCs cost. This investigation is threefold; first, supercapacitors and battery models developed using MATLAB/Simulink are presented and validated. Second, the architecture and the simulation of the ... View full abstract»

• ### Voltage and Power Balance Control for a Cascaded H-Bridge Converter-Based Solid-State Transformer

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1523 - 1532
Cited by:  Papers (119)
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The solid-state transformer (SST) is an interface device between ac distribution grids and dc distribution systems. The SST consists of a cascaded multilevel ac/dc rectifier stage, a dual active bridge (DAB) converter stage with high-frequency transformers to provide a regulated 400-V dc distribution, and an optional dc/ac stage that can be connected to the 400-V dc bus to provide residential 120/... View full abstract»

• ### Hybrid AC–DC Microgrids With Energy Storages and Progressive Energy Flow Tuning

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1533 - 1543
Cited by:  Papers (42)
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Modern distributed sources and loads can either be ac or dc. It is thus possible to have ac and dc subgrids intertied to form hybrid microgrids with lesser power conversion, and hence higher efficiency. However, operation of hybrid microgrids to gain these advantages is not trivial, and is so far limited. It is, therefore, the theme here to develop a control scheme for the hybrid microgrids so tha... View full abstract»

• ### Energy Management Strategy of the DC Distribution System in Buildings Using the EV Service Model

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1544 - 1554
Cited by:  Papers (55)
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In this paper, a new energy management strategy (EMS) for a dc distribution system in buildings is being proposed. The dc distribution system is considered as a prospective system according to the increase of dc loads and dc output type distribution energy resources (DERs) such as photovoltaic (PV) systems and fuel cells. Since the dc distribution system has many advantages such as feasible connec... View full abstract»

• ### Fast Charge Strategy Based on the Characterization and Evaluation of LiFePO $_{bm 4}$ Batteries

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1555 - 1562
Cited by:  Papers (21)
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A rapid charge strategy based on the residual energy evaluation is proposed for LiFePO $_{4}$ (LFP) batteries to reduce charging time and improve charging performance. In the approach, the residual energy model was formulated based on the measured terminal voltage with respect to a certain state of charge value. Subsequently, the st... View full abstract»

• ### Design and Implementation of Energy Management System With Fuzzy Control for DC Microgrid Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1563 - 1570
Cited by:  Papers (76)
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This paper presents the design and implementation of an energy management system (EMS) with fuzzy control for a dc microgrid system. Modeling, analysis, and control of distributed power sources and energy storage devices with MATLAB/Simulink are proposed, and the integrated monitoring EMS is implemented with LabVIEW. To improve the life cycle of the battery, fuzzy control manages the desired state... View full abstract»

• ### Smart DC Power Management System Based on Software-Configurable Power Modules

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1571 - 1586
Cited by:  Papers (23)
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DC bus-based systems are envisioned as an enabling technology to integrate renewable energy sources, energy storage devices, and a variety of loads in a number of power management and distribution scenarios. The system design and integration challenges include accommodating heterogeneous components, the wide variability of operating conditions, and system stability issues arising from dynamical in... View full abstract»

• ### Short-Circuit Protection in a Converter-Fed Low-Voltage Distribution Network

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1587 - 1597
Cited by:  Papers (31)
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The short-circuit protection of a low-power converter-fed low-voltage dc distribution network is investigated. In a public distribution network, the short-circuit protection is implemented by using fuses and circuit breakers, which may require a current that is over ten times the nominal currents of low-power dc/ac converter units to satisfy the recommendations. In the paper, the operation of the ... View full abstract»

• ### Two-Phase Modulated Digital Control for Three-Phase Bidirectional Inverter With Wide Inductance Variation

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1598 - 1607
Cited by:  Papers (29)
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This paper presents two-phase modulated digital control for a three-phase bidirectional inverter with wide inductance variation in dc distribution systems. The bidirectional inverter can fulfill both grid connection and rectification with power factor correction. With the proposed control, the inverter can track its sinusoidal reference currents, and it is allowed to have wide inductance variation... View full abstract»

• ### Design and Implementation of a Three-Phase Buck-Type Third Harmonic Current Injection PFC Rectifier SR

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1608 - 1621
Cited by:  Papers (29)
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In this paper, a three-phase buck-type unity power factor rectifier is designed for high-power electric vehicle battery charging mains interfaces. The characteristics of the converter, named the Swiss Rectifier (SR), including the principle of operation, modulation strategy, suitable control structure, and dimensioning equations are described in detail. Exemplarily, a 7.5 kW hardware protot... View full abstract»

• ### Advanced Symmetrical Voltage Quadrupler Rectifiers for High Step-Up and High Output-Voltage Converters

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1622 - 1631
Cited by:  Papers (37)
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An advanced symmetrical voltage quadrupler rectifier (SVQR) is derived in this paper to serve as the secondary rectification topology, which helps to extend the converter voltage gain and reduce the output diode voltage stresses. The output voltage is four times of the conventional full-bridge voltage rectifier with the same transformer ratio, which benefits to reduce the turns ratio of the transf... View full abstract»

• ### A New DC Anti-Islanding Technique of Electrolytic Capacitor-Less Photovoltaic Interface in DC Distribution Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1632 - 1641
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This paper proposes a photovoltaic (PV) generation system interfaced with a dc distribution system. DC interface allows for the improvement of system efficiency by fully utilizing dc-based renewable sources and storage devices. In this paper, issues on PV interface for dc distribution systems are discussed for energy-efficient and reliable system implementation. AC and dc PV interfaces are mathema... View full abstract»

• ### High-Efficiency Isolated Bidirectional AC–DC Converter for a DC Distribution System

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1642 - 1654
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A high-efficiency isolated bidirectional ac–dc converter is proposed for a 380-V dc power distribution system to control bidirectional power flows and to improve its power conversion efficiency. To reduce the switches’ losses of the proposed nonisolated full-bridge ac–dc rectifier using an unipolar switching method, switching devices employ insulated-gate bipolar transistors, ... View full abstract»

• ### Grid-Interface Bidirectional Converter for Residential DC Distribution Systems—Part One: High-Density Two-Stage Topology

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1655 - 1666
Cited by:  Papers (83)
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With the emerging installations of multitype renewable energy sources and energy storage elements, the dc electronic distribution systems in residential buildings (dc nanogrid) are becoming an alternative future system solution, achieving a zero net-energy consumption and optimized power management. The concept of the energy control center (ECC), which interconnects the dc system to the traditiona... View full abstract»

• ### Grid-Interface Bidirectional Converter for Residential DC Distribution Systems—Part 2: AC and DC Interface Design With Passive Components Minimization

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1667 - 1679
Cited by:  Papers (34)
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With the emerging installations of multitype renewable energy sources and energy storage elements, the dc electronic distribution systems in residential houses/buildings (dc nanogrid) are becoming an alternative future system solution, achieving a zero net-energy consumption and optimized power management. One of the critical components in such a dc system is the grid-interface bidirectional ac&#x... View full abstract»

• ### Soft-Switching Bidirectional DC/DC Converter with a LC Series Resonant Circuit

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1680 - 1690
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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In this paper, a soft-switching bidirectional dc/dc converter with a LC series resonant circuit is proposed. The proposed converter has been obtained by adding LC series resonant tank in the conventional bidirectional dc/dc converter. The proposed topology performs soft switching at both buck and boost operations. Through the theoretical boost and buck mode analysis, zero voltage switching operati... View full abstract»

• ### Design and Performance Evaluation of a 200 °C Interleaved Boost Converter

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1691 - 1699
Cited by:  Papers (24)
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Recent advances in silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor technology and resulting availability of SiC Schottky rectifiers and controlled devices (bipolar junction transistors, JFETs, and MOSFETs) make it possible to design and implement power converters capable of operating at 200 °C. The design, prototype development, operation, and testing of a 74 kHz, 2 kW, 100&#... View full abstract»

• ### Analysis, Design, and Implementation of a Soft-Switching Converter With Two Three-Level PWM Circuits

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1700 - 1710
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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This paper proposes a new soft-switching circuit for high-input-voltage applications to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS), implement load current sharing, reduce the voltage stress of switches at $V_{rm in}$/2, and decrease current rating of the rectifier diodes and the output inductors. Two three-level pulse-width modulation (PW... View full abstract»

• ### Efficiency Characterization and Optimization of Isolated Bidirectional DC–DC Converter Based on Dual-Phase-Shift Control for DC Distribution Application

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1711 - 1727
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Compared to the traditional single-phase-shift control, dual-phase-shift (DPS) control can greatly improve the performance of the isolated bidirectional dc–dc converter (IBDC). This paper gives a detailed switching characteristic analysis of IBDC under DPS control, establishes a power loss model to predict the dissipated power for each power component, and analyzes the efficiency-optimized ... View full abstract»

• ### Integrated Full-Bridge-Forward DC–DC Converter for a Residential Microgrid Application

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1728 - 1740
Cited by:  Papers (32)
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This paper proposes a novel integrated converter topology for interfacing between the energy storage system and the dc bus for a residential microgrid application. The proposed integrated full-bridge-forward dc–dc converter presents the following features: low number of active devices compared to the converters usually applied to similar applications, low input and output current ripple, hi... View full abstract»

• ### Design Methodology of Bidirectional CLLC Resonant Converter for High-Frequency Isolation of DC Distribution Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1741 - 1755
Cited by:  Papers (52)
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A bidirectional full-bridge CLLC resonant converter using a new symmetric LLC-type resonant network is proposed for a low-voltage direct current power distribution system. This converter can operate under high power conversion efficiency because the symmetric LLC resonant network has zero-voltage switching capability for primary power switches and soft commutation capability for output rectifiers.... View full abstract»

• ### A Half-Bridge Converter With Input Current Ripple Reduction for DC Distribution Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1756 - 1763
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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Employing an L-C-L filter cell to modify the half-bridge converter (HBC), a HBC with input current ripple reduction (HBC-CRR) is proposed. In addition to having low-voltage stress, lossless snubbing, and voltage-clamping features inherited from its predecessor, the proposed converter can shape input current waveform of HBC to a nonpulsating fashion. Consequently, the ripple and undesired harmonic ... View full abstract»

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IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics covers fundamental technologies used in the control and conversion of electric power.

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