SOFT-SWITCHED CCM BOOST CONVERTERS WITH HIGH VOLTAGE GAIN FOR HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT This paper proposes a new soft-switched continuous conduction mode (CCM) boost converter suitable for high-power applications such as power factor correction, hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel cell power conversion systems. The proposed converter achieves zero-voltage-switched (ZVS) turn-on of active switches in CCM and zero-current-switched turn-off of diodes leading to negligible reverserecovery loss. The components voltage ratings and energy volumes of passive components of the proposed converter are greatly reduced compared to the conventional zero-voltage-transition converter. Voltage conversion ratio is almost doubled compared to the conventional boost converter. Extension of the proposed concept to realize multiphase dcdc converters is discussed. Experimental results from a 1.5-kW prototype are provided to validate the proposed concept. EXISTING SYSTEM The hard-switched CCM boost converter suffers from severe diode reverse-recovery problem in high-current high-power applications. That is, when the main switch is turned on, a shoot through of the output capacitor to ground due to the diode reverse recovery causes a large current spike through the diode and main switch. This not only incurs significant turn-off loss of the diode and turn-on loss of the main switch, but also causes severe electromagnetic interference (EMI) emission. The effect of the reverse-recovery-related problems becomes more significant for high switching frequency at high power level. DISADVANTAGES OF EXISTING SYSTEMS The hard-switched CCM boost converter is not capable to achieve high efficiency and high power density at high power level. PROPOSED SYSTEM The proposed converter achieves zero-voltage-switched (ZVS) turn-on of active switches in CCM and zero-current-switched turn-off of diodes leading to negligible reverse-recovery loss. The zero-voltage-transition (ZVT) pulse width modulation (PWM) converter achieves soft switching of the main switch and diode without increasing their voltage or current stresses, since ZVS is achieved by partial resonance of the shunt branch across the main switch. Furthermore, the reverse recovery related problem is alleviated by controlling diode current decrease rate di/dt during its turn off.

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DC SUPPLY

BOOST CONVERTER

AUXILIARY CIRCUIT

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ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED SYSTEM ZVS turn-on of the main switches in CCM Negligible diodes reverse recovery due to ZCS turn-off of the diode Voltage conversion ratio is almost doubled compared to the conventional boost converter Significantly reduced components voltage ratings and energy volumes of most passive components.

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