Title :
Automatic voltage and dead time control for efficiency optimization in a Dual Active Bridge converter
Author :
Costinett, Daniel ; Zane, Regan ; Maksimovic, Dragan
Author_Institution :
Colorado Power Electron. Center, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
A control scheme is developed in which efficiency is optimized over a wide range of loads for a Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter. A simple control strategy is proposed to adjust both the converter conversion ratio and switching dead times to maintain high efficiency in the presence of varying loads. To demonstrate feasibility of the proposed control method, experimental results are presented for a 150-to-12 V, 120 W, 1 MHz prototype converter which has 97.4% peak efficiency and maintains greater than 90% efficiency over a load range between 20 W and 120 W.
Keywords :
switching convertors; voltage control; DAB converter; automatic voltage control; converter conversion ratio; dead time control; dual-active bridge converter; efficiency optimization; frequency 1 MHz; power 120 W; switching dead times; voltage 150 V to 12 V; Capacitance; Inductance; Inductors; Manganese; Power generation; Switches; Zero voltage switching;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1215-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1214-2
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2012.6165956