This paper presents a 4 kW GaN-based galvanically isolated bidirectional DC/DC converter suitable for on-board auxiliary power supply systems, interconnecting the HV battery with the LV power system. To enable the trend towards higher levels of electrification, a second LV level of 48 V is introduced to supply the high-power consumers, relieving the 12 V grid on the one hand and/or avoiding using additional costly isolated converters connected to the HV batteries on the other. The built converter prototypes aim to ...

Magnetic devices are an important part of electronic converters. They can be used to control some properties of the converters. There are three different control methods using an auxiliary bias-winding. In the presented paper, the impact of the implementation of the auxiliary bias-winding was studied for mixed biasing. Seven different designs were investigated in small signal measurements and 3D-FEM-simulations. The results were proven by calculated results of equivalent diagram circuits, which have been developed. ...

Die vom Fachgebiet Elektrische Energieversorgungssysteme (EVS) am Kompetenzzentrum für Dezentrale Elektrische Energieversorgungstechnik (KDEE) der Universität Kassel durchgeführten und in diesem Bericht vorgestellten Arbeiten haben einen Beitrag zum Verbundvorhaben „Hocheffiziente, langlebige und kompakte Leistungselektronik auf GaN-Basis für die Elektromobilität der Zukunft“ (HELENE) geleistet. Ziel des Gesamtvorhabens war die Untersuchung der Einsatzfähigkeit und die Bewertung und Demonstration von Gewichts- und ...

The primary theme in the vehicles industry is the increase in automating and integrating more robust intelligent electronic systems to enhance the safe functioning, flexibility, and to extend the virtual productive age of the vehicular systems. Further, significant efforts focus on developing monitoring systems for the abnormal driving conditions such as wheel spinning and sliding that can increase the hazardous in the operating environment and speed up the wearing off process. Thus, these events play a primary role ...

Magnetic devices are used in the majority of power electronic applications, e.g. power electronic converters, mains filters or burst/surge protection. Typically, they are the bulkiest and most cost-intensive components. Flux interaction of differently aligned magnetic fields in inductors and transformers can be one opportunity for size and cost reduction. It enables controllable magnetic devices through an additional manipulated variable to improve application design. The presented article gives an overview about ...

Die Verwendung von Partikeln spielt in vielen alltäglichen Bereichen eine essenzielle Rolle und ist daher im Laufe dieses Jahrhunderts immer mehr in den Fokus der Forschung gerückt. Aktuelle Forschungsarbeiten belegen, dass die Größe und Form der Partikel Einfluss auf verschiedene Anwendungen haben. Ein Beispiel ist die Verwendung als Medikamententräger. Forschungen zeigen, dass ellipsoide Partikel langsamer als sphärische Partikel von Makrophagen internalisiert werden und den Transport von Medikamenten innerhalb des ...

The study of power system dynamics refers to the motion of electro-mechanical and electro-magnetic quantities such as voltages, currents, rotational speeds, angles and powers under the action of forces caused by system disturbances. For decades, such dynamics have been extensively dominated by large Synchronous Generators (SGs). Not a surprising statement, considering that the power systems that we know today were built based on the SG concept since the closing decades of the 19th century. It all began in 1891, when ...

This paper presents an Interleaved Buck Converter with Coupled Inductors as a DC-Bias Current Source for Controllable Magnetic Devices, the modular interleaved Buck system supplies a low-ripple current for the auxiliary DC-bias winding of a controllable inductor with different biasing winding disposition in relationship with the main operating flux of the inductor. A 4-phase interleaved Buck converter system was built and inductance measurements where made for different operating current values of the DC-bias and the ...