Experimental verification of voltage boost control in a hybrid system using D‐EPC

Abstract

A novel voltage boost system using DC‐inputs direct electric‐power converter (D‐EPC) is proposed. D‐EPC is an inverter that can control the distribution of power from two sources. In this study, a voltage boost system without boost chopper was developed using the power distribution control of D‐EPC. The power distribution control can control the voltage of the smoothing capacitor in the D‐EPC. The effectiveness of the proposed voltage boost system was verified using a prototype of the D‐EPC circuit and controller.