Input-Parallel Output-Series DC-DC Boost Converter With a Wide Input Voltage Range, For Fuel Cell Vehicles

The voltage produced by the fuel cell (FC) device is unregulated and varies from 0.4 V to 0.8 V on full load to no-load respectively. When these devices are used in low voltage applications and output voltage lies between higher and lower values of input voltage range, it is required to connect a DCDC buck-boost converter to get a fixed output voltage. In this paper, a new noninverting multi device buck boost converter (MDBBC) is proposed, in which the multi device buck and boost converters are connected in cascade and operate individually either in buck or boost operating modes. The paper also includes the steady state analysis of MDDBC based on the state space averaging technique. A prototype model of proposed converter compatible with FCS-1000 Horizon FC model with rating of 270 W, 36 V is designed and developed. The proposed converter is experimentally validated with the results obtained from the prototype model, and results show the superiority of the converter with higher efficiency and lesser ripple current observed under steady state operation of the converter.

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A Single-Switch Transformerless DC--DC Converter With Universal Input Voltage for Fuel Cell Vehicles: Analysis and Design

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ◽

10.1109/tvt.2019.2905583 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (5) ◽

pp. 4537-4549 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Nour Elsayad ◽

Hadi Moradisizkoohi ◽

Osama A. Mohammed

Keyword(s):

Fuel Cell ◽

Input Voltage ◽

Fuel Cell Vehicles ◽

Analysis And Design

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Observer-based Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Interleaved Boost Converter for Fuel Cell Vehicles

10.1109/iecon48115.2021.9589736 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xinyang Hao ◽

Issam Salhi ◽

Salah Laghrouche ◽

Youcef Ait Amirat ◽

Abdesslem Djerdir

Keyword(s):

Fuel Cell ◽

Sliding Mode Control ◽

Sliding Mode ◽

Boost Converter ◽

Adaptive Sliding Mode Control ◽

Fuel Cell Vehicles ◽

Adaptive Sliding Mode ◽

Mode Control ◽

Interleaved Boost Converter

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Algebraic Series-Parallel-Based Switched-Capacitor DC–DC Boost Converter With Wide Input Voltage Range and Enhanced Power Density

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ◽

10.1109/jssc.2019.2935556 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 54 (11) ◽

pp. 3118-3134 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yang Jiang ◽

Man-Kay Law ◽

Zhiyuan Chen ◽

Pui-In Mak ◽

Rui P. Martins

Keyword(s):

Power Density ◽

Input Voltage ◽

Boost Converter ◽

Switched Capacitor ◽

Voltage Range

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Improved Modulated Carrier Controlled PFC Boost Converter Using Charge Current Sensing Method

Energies ◽

10.3390/en11040717 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 717 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jintae Kim ◽

Chung-Yuen Won

Keyword(s):

Control Method ◽

Harmonic Distortion ◽

Control Unit ◽

Input Voltage ◽

Boost Converter ◽

Current Sensing ◽

Voltage Range ◽

Zero Current ◽

Voltage Amplifier ◽

Current Duration

An improved modulated carrier control (MCC) method is proposed to offer high power factor (PF) and low total harmonic distortion (THD) at a wide input voltage range and load variation. The conventional MCC method not only requires a multiplier and divider, but also is hard to be implemented with a micro controller unit without a high frequency oscillator. To overcome the problem and maintain the advantages of the conventional MCC method, the proposed MCC method adopts a current integrator, an output voltage amplifier, a zero-current duration (ZCD) demodulator of the boost inductor, and a carrier generator. Thus, it can remove a multiplier and well, as it allows for being operable with a general micro control unit. This paper presents an operation principle of the proposed control method. To verify the proposed control method, experimental results with 400 W PFC boost converter is demonstrated.

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