Naturally Clamped Snubberless Soft-Switching Bidirectional Current-Fed Three-Phase Push–Pull DC/DC Converter for DC Microgrid Application

A current-fed three-phase push-pull bidirectional dc-dc converter is proposed with unique features of natural zero current commutation and natural device voltage clamping. The proposed topology is suitable for uninterruptible power supply, storage, renewable energy sources, and interfacing two dc buses of 48- and 380-V dc buses in a dc microgrid. The proposed converter implements a novel and innovative modulation that results in natural commutation with zero current switching (ZCS) and device voltage clamping of low voltage side (LVS) current-fed devices, and zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on of high voltage side (HVS) voltage-fed devices. It eliminates the use of passive/active clamp circuits to mitigate the turnoff voltage spike across the devices, a traditional problem associated with current-fed topologies. Additionally, the higher ripple frequency reduces the volume of the transformer and the input inductor, making it suitable for high-power applications. The detailed modulation scheme, steady-state operation, and analysis, design, and soft-switching conditions have been explained. Simulation results obtained using PSIM 9.3 have been illustrated to verify the modulation, analysis, and proposed design. Experimental results have been demonstrated for full load (1 kW), half-load (500 W), and 20% load conditions on a proof-of-concept hardware prototype to validate the claims and performance. The efficiency is plotted against various load conditions for a wide range of battery voltage variation (40-59 V). Peak efficiencies of 95.8% and 93.8% are obtained at half-load condition for an input voltage of 59 V and nominal voltage (48 V), respectively. The experimental results for battery charging (reverse direction) using dual phase-shift plus pulsewidth modulation are given. The ZVS of HVS switches and the synchronous rectification of LVS active switches are shown through experimental results.

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