A dual active bridge dc-dc converter for application in a smart user network

Author

Barone, G. ; Brusco, G. ; Burgio, A. ; Motta, M. ; Menniti, D. ; Pinnarelli, A. ; Sorrentino, N.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept. 28 2014-Oct. 1 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The paper presents a dual active bridge converter, i.e. an isolated bidirectional DC/DC converter composed of two full-bridge DC/AC converters and an isolation high frequency (HF) transformer, useful for application in a DC-powered microgrid. The dual active bridge converter connects a battery energy storage system to a DC bus so to provide a high level of reliability and resilience to grid disturbances. In particular, the proposed converter ensures a stable DC bus voltage when the microgrid is operated in islanded mode. Numerical results demonstrate the good dynamic response of the converter under transient condition of a step change in power balancing condition.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; bridge circuits; computer networks; distributed power generation; power engineering computing; smart power grids; DC powered microgrid; battery energy storage system; dual active bridge DC-DC converter; full bridge DC-AC converter; isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter; isolation high frequency transformer; power balancing condition; smart user network; Batteries; Bridge circuits; Educational institutions; Microgrids; Sun; Voltage control; Voltage measurement; Bidirectional converters; DC/DC; dual active bridge; microgrid; phase-shift control; smartgrid;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2014 Australasian Universities

Conference_Location

Perth, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUPEC.2014.6966538

Filename

6966538