Bi-directional electric power conversion circuit with bridgeless buck-boost circuit and reconfigurable capacitor-inductor filter circuit
AssigneeUniversity of Manitoba
InventorsNgai Man Ho, King Man Siu
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AssigneeUniversity of Manitoba
InventorsNgai Man Ho, King Man Siu
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A bidirectional bridgeless buck-boost power converter circuit is provided that can function as both a voltage source inverter (VSI) circuit to transform direct current (DC) voltage to alternating current (AC) voltage and as a power factor corrector (PFC) circuit to transform AC voltage to DC voltage. The disclosed converter fully utilizes inductors to form a CL filter and buck-boost converter energy storage element. Thus, low inductance chokes are used in the converter, which leads to a higher power density and is more cost-effective. Further, the bridgeless configuration minimizes conduction losses of semiconductors, and coupled with the use of low inductance chokes this improves system efficiency.
An electric power conversion circuit, comprising:
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