ABSTRACT:
Bidirectional
dual-bridge dc/dc converter with high frequency isolation is gaining more
attentions in renewable energy system due to small size and high-power density.
In this paper, a dual-bridge series resonant dc/dc converter is analyzed with
two simple modified ac equivalent circuit analysis methods for both voltage
source load and resistive load. In both methods, only fundamental components of
voltages and currents are considered. All the switches may work in either
zero-voltage-switching or zero-current-switching for a wide variation of
voltage gain, which is important in renewable energy generation. It is also
shown in the second method that the load side circuit could be represented with
an equivalent impedance. The polarity of cosine value of this equivalent
impedance angle reveals the power flow direction. The analysis is verified with
computer simulation results. Experimental data based on a 200 W prototype circuit
is included for validation purpose.
KEYWORDS:
1.
Analysis and simulation
2.
Dc-to-dc converters
3.
Modeling
4.
Renewable energy systems
5.
Resonant
converters
SOFTWARE: MATLAB/SIMULINK
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
Fig.
1. Hybrid renewable energy generation system with battery back-up function.
EXPECTED SIMULATION RESULTS:
Fig.
2. Output power versus phase-shift angle φ. (a) F = 1.1, M = 0.95,
and
different Q. (b) F = 1.1,
Q = 1, and different
converter gain M.
Fig.
3. Operation in charging mode (Vi
= 110 V, Vo
= 100 V), simulated waveforms of vAB and vCD , resonant
current iS , resonant
capacitor voltage vCs , output current
before filter capacitor io for output power
(a) Po = 200W,
(b) Po = 100
W, and (c) Po = 20
W.
Fig. 4. Operation in regeneration mode (Vi
= 110V, Vo = 100 V). Simulated waveforms of vAB and vCD
, resonant current iS , resonant capacitor voltage vCs ,
output current before filter capacitor io for output power Po
= −200 W.
Fig.
5. Full-load test results (Vi = 110
V, Vo = 100
V). (a) From top to bottom vAB (100V/div), vCD (100V/div), is (2A/div).
(b) vC (100V/div). (c)
Primary switch current (1A/div). (d) Secondary switch current
(1A/div).
Fig. 6. (a) Half-load test results (Vi = 110
V, Vo = 100 V): from top to bottom: vAB (100 V/div), vCD (100 V/div), is (2
A/div), primary switch current (1 A/div), secondary switch current (1 A/div).
(b) 10% load condition test results (Vi = 110 V, Vo = 100 V): from top to
bottom: waveforms of (a) repeated.
Fig.
7. Output current of secondary converter under different load levels (Vi = 110 V, Vo
= 100 V). (a) 200 W (2A/div). (b) 100 W
(2A/div). (c) 20 W (1A/div).
CONCLUSION:
In this paper, a HF
isolated dual-bridge series resonant dc/dc converter has been proposed, which is
suitable for renewable energy generation applications. Two modified ac
equivalent circuit analysis methods were presented to analyze the DBSRC. First method
used was voltage-source type of load, whereas, second method uses a controlled
rectifier with resistive load. It was shown that an equivalent impedance could
be used to represent the secondary part circuit in the case of resistive load
to include the bidirectional feature. Detailed analysis has been presented for
both the methods. Same results were obtained from both the methods. ZVS turn-ON
for primary-side switches and ZCS turn-OFF for secondary-side switches could be
achieved for all load and input/output voltage conditions. Design procedure has
been illustrated by a 200Wdesign example. Through the SPICE simulation and
experimental results, the theoretical results have been verified.
In the DAB converter, performance of the converter is
heavily dependent on the leakage inductance of the transformer (used for power
transfer and should be as small as possible) [15], [19], whereas, in the DBSRC,
leakage inductance is used as part of resonant tank. If the DAB converter is used for application with wide
input/output voltage variation, ZVS of primary-side converter may be hard to
achieve [19]. DBSRC has low possibility of transformer saturation due to the
series capacitor (that can be split as mentioned earlier). The disadvantage of
DBSRC is the size of resonant tank (additional capacitor), which brings extra size
and cost. Further work is required to compare the DAB
converter with the DBSRC for such applications. In the future, more study will
be done based on the DBSRC. Efforts will focus on modifications to realize ZVS
on the secondary side to reduce the switching losses further. With all two
quadrant switches replaced with four-quadrant switches [23], the converter
could be controlled as an ac/ac electronic transformer, which can be used in
doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind generation system. For
high-power applications, multicells of the converter may be used to meet high
power density requirements.
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