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Split Dc Bus Converters For Power Electronic And Ac-Dc Microgrid Applications, Javad Khodabakhsh

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Power electronic converters are used extensively for electrical power conversion in applications such as renewable energy systems, utility applications, and electric vehicles. Such converters are needed as it is rare for a source voltage to fit the needs of a load or a set of loads for any particular application. They consist of active semiconductor switches and passive components that are combined in circuit structures (topologies) that are operated with a control strategy. The focus of this thesis is on AC-DC and DC-DC converters and their applications in AC-DC microgrids.

AC-DC converters are typically two-stage converters that consist of a …