A novel ZCS bidirectional buck-boost DC-DC converter for energy storage applications

The present article proposes and describes a new ZCS non-isolated bidirectional buck-boost DC-DC converter for energy storage applications in electric vehicles. Usually, the conventional converters are adapted with an auxiliary resonant cell to provide the zero current switching turn-on/turn-off condition for the main switching devices. The advantages of proposed converter has reduced switching losses, reduced component count and improved efficiency. The proposed converter operates either in boost or buck mode. This paper mainly deals with the operating principles, analysis and design simulations of the proposed converter in order to prove the better soft-switching capability, reduced switching losses and efficiency improvement than the conventional converter.

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