Efficiency and Voltage Characteristics of the Bi-Directional Current Doubler Rectifier

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the bi-directional current doubler rectifier (CDR) that is a candidate topology for use in power electronic transformer (PET). Among various advantages the proposed current doubler rectifier offers a bi-directional power flow capability that is the major requirement for the PET. This paper provides the steady state analysis of the CDR in bi-directional operation. Input voltage boost properties of converters are compared for an ideal case. Finally, the impact of losses in the components on the voltage characteristics and efficiency are analysed. Streszczenie. W artykule przedstawiono szczegolową analize podwajającego prostownika dwukierunkowego (CDR), ktorego topologia moze byc uzyta do konstrukcji transformatorow energoelektronicznych (PET). Wśrod wielu zalet proponowany uklad oferuje dwukierunkową mozliwości przeplywu energii, ktora jest glownym wymogiem dla PET. Niniejszy dokument przedstawia analize stanu ustalonego CDR w dzialaniu dwukierunkowym. Wlaściwości zwiekszania napiecia wejściowego tych przeksztaltnikow są porownywane dla przypadku idealnego. W cześci koncowej przeanalizowano wplyw strat w elementach na charakterystyke napieciową oraz sprawnośc ukladu (Sprawnośc i charakterystyki napieciowe podwajającego prostownika dwukierunkowego).

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