DC-to-dc converter power-train optimization for maximum efficiency
Abstract
This paper presents a new way of describing the independent and dependent design variables of the power train of a dc-to-dc converter in terms of a multi-dimensional design-parameter space. These concepts provide a framework for examining the problem of design optimization of the power train, with particular emphasis on the maximization of converter efficiency. Numerous examples of important parameter-space surfaces illustrate some of the major relationships between core volume, switching frequency and output power, and between efficiency, ripple, and temperature rise of the energy-storage reactor. Also, we explore the difference in performance between the continuous and discontinuous mmf modes of operation.
- Publication:
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PESC 1981; Power Electronics Specialists Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ppes.conf..166W
- Keywords:
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- Electric Power Supplies;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Network Synthesis;
- Optimization;
- Power Conditioning;
- Voltage Converters (Dc To Dc);
- Current Regulators;
- Electric Energy Storage;
- Electric Reactors;
- Switching Circuits;
- Transistor Circuits;
- Voltage Regulators;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering