An Improved Floating Interleaved Boost Converter with the Zero-Ripple Input Current for Fuel Cell Applications

Qian Li, Yigeng Huangfu, Liangcai Xu, Jiang Wei, Rui Ma, Dongdong Zhao, Fei Gao

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Abstract

In this paper, an improved floating interleaved Boost converter is proposed for fuel cell applications. In order to achieve zero-ripple input current and keeping others merits such as high voltage gain and low voltage stress of the conventional floating interleaved Boost converter (FIBC) unchanged, a pair of input current ripple cancellation networks composed of a small inductor and a small capacitor are added into the conventional FIBC. Then, the operating principle and the steady-state and dynamic performances of the proposed converter are performed and compared with the conventional FIBC. Finally, a 240 W experimental prototype has been created for further evaluating the expected performances of the proposed converter. The simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the input current ripple of the proposed converter can be totally removed in all power range without significantly increasing the current stress and power loss.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8809222
Pages (from-to)2168-2179
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2019

Keywords

  • Fuel cell applications
  • floating interleaved Boost converter
  • zero-ripple input current

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