Detailed behavior analysis for high voltage bidirectional flyback converter driving DEAP actuator

Author

Lina Huang ; Zhe Zhang ; Andersen, Michael A. E.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

625

Lastpage

630

Abstract

DEAP (Dielectric Electro Active Polymer) is a new type of smart material. The tubular actuator based on DEAP material has various potential applications and is fundamentally a capacitive load. A high voltage bidirectional converter is required to provide power for the actuator. A bidirectional flyback based converter has been implemented. The parasitic elements have serious influence for the operation of the converter, especially in the high output voltage condition. The detailed behavior analysis has been performed considering the impact of the critical parasitic parameters. The converter has been analyzed for both charging and discharging processes in low and high output voltage operating occasions. The experimental waveforms can validate the analysis.

Keywords

driver circuits; electroactive polymer actuators; power convertors; DEAP actuator; bidirectional flyback based converter; capacitive load; critical parasitic parameter; dielectric electroactive polymer actuator; high voltage bidirectional converter; high voltage bidirectional flyback converter; power converter; smart material; tubular actuator; Actuators; Capacitance; Capacitors; Materials; Mathematical model; Strain; Switches; DEAP actuator; behavior analysis; bidirectional; flyback; high voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2013.6699207

Filename

6699207