Parametric study of minimum converter loss in an energy-storage DC-to-DC converter

Abstract

Through a combination of analytical and numer ical minimization procedures, a converter design that results in the minimum total converter lossincluding core loss, winding loss, capacitor-ESR loss, and various losses in the semiconductor switches -is obtained. Because the initial phase involves analytical minimization, the com putation time required by the subsequent phase of numerical minimization is considerably reduced in this combination approach.The effect of various loss parameters on the optimum values of the design variables is also examined. 411 0275-9306/82/0000-0411$00.75 o 1982 IEEE

Application of nonlinear design optimization for power converter components

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