Proposal, Analysis and Experimental Verification of Nonisolated DC-DC Converters Conceived from an Active Switched-Capacitor Commutation Cell

Authors

  • Mauricio Dalla Vecchia EnergyVille, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Heverlee, Belgium
  • Jéssika Melo de Andrade Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil
  • Neilor Colombo Dal Pont Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil
  • André Luís Kirsten Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil
  • Telles Brunelli Lazzarin Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2019.4.0031

Keywords:

Active Switched-Capacitor Cell, Commutation Cell Concept, Experimental Results

Abstract

This paper introduces a new family of nonisolated dc-dc converters that are generated by the integration of the active switched-capacitor (ASCC) and the conventional commutation cell (CCC). Based on the commutation cell concept, the new conceived hybrid active commutation cell (HACC) provides three different types of hybrid converters: buck, boost and buck-boost. All three converters are investigated in this study through the following approaches: topological stages, static gain analysis considering the switched - capacitor features,generalization of the HACC and gain for M cells and steady-state analysis. The buck version presents a high conversion rate, which demonstrates that it has potential for step-down applications. To verify the proposed topologies, a prototype was built with the following specifications: 600 V input voltage, 150 V output voltage, 70 kHz switching frequency and 1 kW rated power. Efficiency close to 95% was obtained at 1 kW for the buck topology, which demonstrates that the proposed HACC can provide gain and high efficiency at the same time.

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Author Biographies

Mauricio Dalla Vecchia, EnergyVille, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Heverlee, Belgium

was born in Francisco Beltrão, Parana State, Brazil, in 1990. He received the B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at KU Leuven (EnergyVille), Leuven (Genk), Belgium. His interests include direct ac-ac power converters, switched-capacitor converters, hybrid dc-dc switchedcapacitor converters, wide band-gap materials.

Jéssika Melo de Andrade, Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil

was born in Florianopolis, Brazil, in July 1994, graduated in Electronic Systems at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC), Florianopolis, in 2015. She received a Master‟s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, 2018. She is currently a doctoral student in Electrical Engineering at Power Electronics Institute at the UFSC. Her interests include modeling and control applied to power electronics, converters / inverters with gain cells. Msc. Andrade is a member of SOBRAEP.

Neilor Colombo Dal Pont, Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil

was born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 1989. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEL) from UFSC, at the Power Electronics Institute (INEP). His interests include switched-capacitor converters, inverters, high-voltage dc-dc converters, resonant converters.

André Luís Kirsten, Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil

was born in Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1986. He received the B.S, M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the Federal University of Santa Maria, in 2009, 2011, and 2014, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. His main research interests are power electronics, switching-mode power converters design, power factor correction, and solid-state transformers.

Telles Brunelli Lazzarin, Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis - SC, Brazil

was born in Criciuma, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, in 1979. He received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil, in 2004, 2006 and 2010, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEL) at the UFSC. His interests include switched-capacitor converters, inverters, rectifiers, high-voltage and high-gain dc-dc converters. Dr. Lazzarin is a member of the following societies: SOBRAEP, PELS, IAS and IES.

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M. D. Vecchia, J. M. de Andrade, N. C. D. Pont, A. L. Kirsten, and T. B. Lazzarin, “Proposal, Analysis and Experimental Verification of Nonisolated DC-DC Converters Conceived from an Active Switched-Capacitor Commutation Cell”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 403–412, Dec. 2019.

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