Compact high frequency power conversion for high voltage applications
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Performance of high-voltage power converters has lagged their low-voltage counterparts on many metrics including power density, efficiency, transient response, and cost. This research presents newly developed circuit techniques and design strategies that allow high-voltage power supplies to be many times smaller and more efficient than the traditional high-voltage supplies on the market today. By implementing unique resonant circuit topologies capable of operating efficiently at 10s of MHz, passive component size is reduced to a fraction of the volume and mass when compared with conventional lower frequency designs. Novel strategies for improving the voltage gain of resonant dc-dc converters without loss in efficiency and stability are presented. This work provides several examples of high-gain resonant converters and demonstrates their benefits when used in various scientific applications. Specifically, several multi-kV prototypes are tested that achieve power densities exceeding 100 watts per cubic inch for conversion ratios of up to 130 and dc-dc efficiencies reaching 90 %. Various power levels are proven from 10s of watts to 2~kW with output voltages reaching 15 kV.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2018; ©2018 |
| Publication date | 2018; 2018 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Raymond, Luke C |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Rivas-Davila, Juan |
| Thesis advisor | Rivas-Davila, Juan |
| Thesis advisor | Boswell, Rod |
| Thesis advisor | Lee, Thomas H, 1959- |
| Degree committee member | Boswell, Rod |
| Degree committee member | Lee, Thomas H, 1959- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Luke C. Raymond. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2018. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2018 by Luke Christopher Raymond
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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