A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives

With the rapid development of modern energy applications such as renewable energy, <i>PV</i> systems, electric vehicles, and smart grids, <i>DC-DC</i> converters have become the key component to meet strict industrial demands. More advanced converters are effective in minimiz...

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Autores principales: Salah Alatai, Mohamed Salem, Dahaman Ishak, Himadry Shekhar Das, Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari, Ali Bughneda, Mohamad Kamarol
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6b54343906554f1cbe1203570ab761c32021-11-11T15:13:59ZA Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives10.3390/app1121101722076-3417https://doaj.org/article/6b54343906554f1cbe1203570ab761c32021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/21/10172https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3417With the rapid development of modern energy applications such as renewable energy, <i>PV</i> systems, electric vehicles, and smart grids, <i>DC-DC</i> converters have become the key component to meet strict industrial demands. More advanced converters are effective in minimizing switching losses and providing an efficient energy conversion; nonetheless, the main challenge is to provide a single converter that has all the required features to deliver efficient energy for different types of modern energy systems and energy storage system integrations. This paper reviews multilevel, bidirectional, and resonant converters with respect to their constructions, classifications, merits, demerits, combined topologies, applications, and challenges; practical recommendations were also made to deliver clear ideas of the recent challenges and limited capabilities of these three converters to guide society on improving and providing a new, efficient, and economic converter that meets the strict demands of modern energy system integrations. The needs of other industrial applications, as well as the number of used elements for size and weight reduction, were also considered to achieve a power circuit that can effectively address the identified limitations. In brief, integrated bidirectional resonant <i>DC-DC</i> converters and multilevel inverters are expected to be well suited and highly demanded in various applications in the near future. Due to their highlighted merits, more studies are necessary for achieving a perfect level of reducing losses and components.Salah AlataiMohamed SalemDahaman IshakHimadry Shekhar DasMohammad Alhuyi NazariAli BughnedaMohamad KamarolMDPI AGarticlerenewable energybidirectionalresonant convertersoft switchingmultilevel converterTechnologyTEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040Biology (General)QH301-705.5PhysicsQC1-999ChemistryQD1-999ENApplied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 10172, p 10172 (2021)
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language EN
topic renewable energy
bidirectional
resonant converter
soft switching
multilevel converter
Technology
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Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Physics
QC1-999
Chemistry
QD1-999
spellingShingle renewable energy
bidirectional
resonant converter
soft switching
multilevel converter
Technology
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Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Physics
QC1-999
Chemistry
QD1-999
Salah Alatai
Mohamed Salem
Dahaman Ishak
Himadry Shekhar Das
Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari
Ali Bughneda
Mohamad Kamarol
A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives
description With the rapid development of modern energy applications such as renewable energy, <i>PV</i> systems, electric vehicles, and smart grids, <i>DC-DC</i> converters have become the key component to meet strict industrial demands. More advanced converters are effective in minimizing switching losses and providing an efficient energy conversion; nonetheless, the main challenge is to provide a single converter that has all the required features to deliver efficient energy for different types of modern energy systems and energy storage system integrations. This paper reviews multilevel, bidirectional, and resonant converters with respect to their constructions, classifications, merits, demerits, combined topologies, applications, and challenges; practical recommendations were also made to deliver clear ideas of the recent challenges and limited capabilities of these three converters to guide society on improving and providing a new, efficient, and economic converter that meets the strict demands of modern energy system integrations. The needs of other industrial applications, as well as the number of used elements for size and weight reduction, were also considered to achieve a power circuit that can effectively address the identified limitations. In brief, integrated bidirectional resonant <i>DC-DC</i> converters and multilevel inverters are expected to be well suited and highly demanded in various applications in the near future. Due to their highlighted merits, more studies are necessary for achieving a perfect level of reducing losses and components.
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author Salah Alatai
Mohamed Salem
Dahaman Ishak
Himadry Shekhar Das
Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari
Ali Bughneda
Mohamad Kamarol
author_facet Salah Alatai
Mohamed Salem
Dahaman Ishak
Himadry Shekhar Das
Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari
Ali Bughneda
Mohamad Kamarol
author_sort Salah Alatai
title A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives
title_short A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives
title_full A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives
title_fullStr A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives
title_full_unstemmed A Review on State-of-the-Art Power Converters: Bidirectional, Resonant, Multilevel Converters and Their Derivatives
title_sort review on state-of-the-art power converters: bidirectional, resonant, multilevel converters and their derivatives
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/6b54343906554f1cbe1203570ab761c3
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