A new class of hybrid AC/AC direct power converters

Klumpner, Christian; Wijekoon, Thiwanka; Wheeler, Patrick

Abstract

Variable voltage and variable frequency conversion of electrical energy from an AC source to an AC load is done in traditional power converters via a DC-link where an energy storage element (electrolytic capacitors) is situated. Despite its well-known benefits, it has the disadvantage of being bulky and to limit the converter lifetime. On the other hand, Direct Power Conversion (DPC) is an attractive concept, which doesn’t need an energy storage buffer, but has two main disadvantages: reduced voltage transfer ratio (

Citation

Klumpner, C., Wijekoon, T., & Wheeler, P. (in press). A new class of hybrid AC/AC direct power converters. In Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005 Industry Applications Conference, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS.2005.1518793

• Conference Name: 2005 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting
• End Date: Oct 6, 2005
• Acceptance Date: Mar 31, 2005
• Deposit Date: Jul 19, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Book Title: Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005 Industry Applications Conference, 2005.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS.2005.1518793
• Keywords: AC-AC Power Convertors, Capacitor Storage
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• Additional Information: Published in: Conference record of the 2005 IEEE Industry Applications Conference : fortieth IAS Annual Meeting, 2-6 October, 2005, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Piscataway, N.J. : IEEE, 2005. ISBN: 0-7803-9208-6. pp. 2374-2381, doi:10.1109/IAS.2005.1518793 © 2005 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.