New Class of Power Converter for Performing the Multiple Operations in a Single Converter: Universal Power Converter

Dhananjaya Mudadla, Devendra Potnuru, Raavi Satish, Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz and Adel El-Shahat ()
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Dhananjaya Mudadla: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Science (A), Visakhapatnam 531162, India
Devendra Potnuru: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, GVP College of Engineering for Women, Visakhapatnam 531162, India
Raavi Satish: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Science (A), Visakhapatnam 531162, India
Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz: Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Adel El-Shahat: Energy Technology Program, School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: Universal power converters (UPCs) have aroused significant attention in performing multiple operations in a single power converter. Furthermore, they contribute to economic operation and improved system performance. In this work, a new configuration of the universal power converter (UPC) was proposed by using a simple switching arrangement. It can perform different modes of operations, such as AC–DC, DC–DC, DC–AC, AC–AC, and cyclo-converter operations. In DC–DC conversion, the proposed configuration can perform buck mode, boost mode, and buck–boost mode of operations. Moreover, in DC–AC conversion, it gives better total harmonic distortion (THD). The effectiveness of the proposed configuration was verified by an extensive simulation, using MATLAB/Simulink environment. A low-power prototype circuit was designed to test the viability of the proposed circuit configuration and validated with simulation results.

Keywords: DC–DC converter; DC–AC converter; AC–AC converter; cyclo-converter; universal converter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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