Performance evaluation of MagAmp regulated isolated AC-DC converter with high PF

Yaskiv, Volodymyr; Yaskiv, Anna; Abramovitz, Alexander; Smedley, K.M.

doi:10.1109/elektro.2014.6848928

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“…Both, Mag-amps and PTs, are more robust and immune to High voltage (HV) spikes and Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI), compared to modern power semiconductors Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect-Transistor (MOSFET). The high robustness of magnetic control is desired in power conversion applications requiring high reliability [13][14][15], [22]. This paper presents a new topology of PT based on the use of permanent magnets (PMs) and common ferromagnetic cores.…”

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Parametric transformer using PM‐inductors with saturation‐gap

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Rannestad²,

Munk‐Nielsen

2020

IET power electron.

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Parametric transformers are magnetic components which employ a variable inductance to generate parametric oscillations in a secondary resonant tank. Power conversion with parametric transformer can provide constant output voltage regulation, short-circuit protection, input over-voltage and under-voltage protection, and bidirectional filtering. In spite of these benefits, parametric transformers did only experience small scientific attention during the 1970s. Due to the low energy density and low efficiency of the topologies developed at the time, parametric transformers were discarded in favour of the more common power converters based on the magnetic amplifier. In spite of the great developments in power semiconductors, magnetic amplifier control still remains a competitive option in present-day power electronic applications benefiting from its high robustness. This publication presents a new topology of parametric transformer based on permanent magnet (PM)-inductors, presenting higher efficiency and higher energy density. Finite element method magnetics simulations are used to analyse the variable inductance mechanisms. A physical prototype is developed and tested empirically in an AC/DC power converter. The prototype verifies all the mentioned benefits of parametric power conversion, and presents an efficiency and energy density equivalent to presently employed solutions for voltage regulation, using power semiconductor magnetic amplifiers.

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