SiC-based High Efficiency Bidirectional Battery Converter for Smart PV Residential Systems

Cam Pham; Valeriu-Ciprian Biris; Remus Teodorescu; Tamas Kerekes; Laszlo Mathe

SiC-based High Efficiency Bidirectional Battery Converter for Smart PV Residential Systems

Cam Pham, Valeriu-Ciprian Biris, Remus Teodorescu, Tamas Kerekes, Laszlo Mathe

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Smart PV inverters are essential components of future grids. Beside conventional functionalities they can communicate with the grid, supports the grid with reactive power and with active power from internal battery storage. To maximize internal consumption, a high efficiency bidirectional DC-DC converter for the battery storage is necessary, as energy will be processed twice. Realisation of the battery converter with silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors offers many advantages compared to Silicon (Si), included higher power density and higher efficiency. In this paper the design of a simple high efficiency 3kW hard switching bidirectional converter based on normally-on SiC JFET is presented, 98.5% maximum efficiency has been obtained with the prototype and a comparison with SiC MOSFet 1st generation is performed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of PCIM Europe 2013
Number of pages	8
Publisher	VDE Verlag GMBH
Publication date	2013
Pages	129-136
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8007-3505-1
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	PCIM Europe 2013 - Nuremberg, Germany Duration: 14 May 2013 → 16 May 2013

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Conference	PCIM Europe 2013
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Nuremberg
Period	14/05/2013 → 16/05/2013

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