Poor bucking decisions in forest stands can result in underestimating the profitability of timber sales. This study focuses on Pinus densiflora, commonly known as a red pine in Korea, which has often been underutilized as pulp and chips, leading to r...
In this paper, a comparative analysis has been presented of two equivalent circuits of non-isolated buck/buck-boost converters under synchronous control, used in a stand-alone Photovoltaic-battery-load system. The first circuit consists of two cascad...
Buck-boost DC–DC converters are useful as DC grid interfaces for renewable energy resources. In the classical buck-boost converter, output voltages smaller than the input voltage (the buck region) are observed for duty cycles between 0 and 0.5....
Dynamic prices and markets create value for contractors who can readily evaluate the gross and net income differences for alternative merchandizing systems. The majority of the southern U.S.A. relies on tree-length merchandizing, with occasional iden...
Bucking optimization was shown to generate high gains in volume and value recovery in harvesting operations. Several bucking optimizers have been developed between the 1960s and early 2000s but none of those programs were available in an open-source...
In this paper, a comparative analysis of the average switch/inductor current between ideal and non-ideal buck and synchronous buck converters is performed and verified against a standard LTspice model. The mathematical modeling of the converters was...
This paper proposes a simple, hardware-efficient digital pulse width modulator for a 4SBB that enables operation in Buck, Boost, and Buck+Boost modes, achieving smooth transitions between the different modes. The proposed modulator is simulated using...
This paper deals with the modeling of bond graph buck converter systems. The bond graph formalism, which represents a heterogeneous formalism for physical modeling, is used to design a sub-model of a power MOSFET and PiN diode switchers. These bond g...
Fly-buck converter is a multi-output converter with the structure of a synchronous buck converter structure on the primary side and a flyback converter structure on the secondary side, and can be utilized in various applications due to its many advan...
The paper introduces a step-down converter that exhibits a static conversion ratio of cubic nature, providing an output voltage which is much closer to the input voltage, and at the same duty cycle, compared to a wide class of one-transistor buck-typ...
This paper describes the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) analysis of an inverting buck/boost converter. The inverting buck/boost converter differs from other DC/DC converters, such as the noninverting boost or buck converters, in that one inducto...
This paper details the design and implementation of a single-stage transformerless buck–boost inverter for electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Being different from conventional H-bridge inverters, the proposed inverter operates like buck–boos...
This study presents a comprehensive detailed analysis of the effect of five different random modulation switching schemes and their randomness levels on the elector magnetic interference (EMI) of designed simple and interleaved DC-DC buck converters...
This paper presents a novel inductorless dual-mode buck-boost charge pump (CP) based DC-DC converter. The proposed architecture allows the same circuit to accomplish two modes of operation, buck and boost, for degrading or elevating the output voltag...
Many electronic power distribution systems have strong needs for highly efficient AC-DC conversion that can be satisfied by using a buck-boost converter at the core of the power factor correction (PFC) stage. These converters can regulate the input v...
This paper presents the mathematical modeling and experimental implementation of a Buck converter with hysteresis control. The system is described using a state-space model. Theoretical and simulation studies show that the zero hysteresis control lea...
To achieve a designed and fixed operating frequency for a controller with high dynamic performance and a high load capacity, a hybrid constant on-time (COT) voltage mode for a Buck circuit is proposed and discussed in this paper. The proposed hybrid...
In this study, a modified design of a two-switch buck-boost (TSBB) converter is proposed to improve power efficiency using fewer conduction components, and the optimal power range is measured. The proposed TSBB converter operates in three topologies:...
As power electronics continue to advance, the demand for highly efficient and low-loss DC/DC converters has grown significantly. This article comprehensively analyses ZCS quasi-resonant switch cell losses and efficiency in buck L-type zero-current sw...
This paper studies the complex bifurcation phenomena of a voltage-controlled Buck-inverter cascade system. A state-flow chart is drawn to illustrate the complex relations among the linear operating modes. Combined with the state transition function o...
Reliable and robust control of power converters is a key issue in the performance of numerous technological devices. In this paper we show a design technique for the control of a DC-DC buck converter with a switching technique that guarantees both go...
In addition to their conventional use in electric motor drives, DC-DC converters have a variety of other uses, such as energy storage, energy conversion, cyber security systems, uninterruptible power supplies, and renewable energy systems. An innovat...
This paper analyzes and simulates the Li-ion battery charging process for a solar powered battery management system. The battery is charged using a non-inverting synchronous buck-boost DC/DC power converter. The system operates in buck, buck-boost,...
This study explores how age and seasonal changes impact semen characteristics and reproductive behavior in Carpatina breed bucks. Males were divided into three age groups: young (14–23 months; L14), adult (3–4 years; L34), and older (5&nd...
This paper presents the algorithms, hardware overview and testing results for controlling discharge currents from mixed battery modules placed in a parallel configuration. Battery modules with different open-circuit voltage (OCV), internal impedance...
Due to the nonlinear and nonminimum phase characteristics of the buck-boost converter, the design of its controller has always been a challenging problem. In this paper, a multi-index feedback linearization control strategy is proposed to design the...
This paper proposes a novel control scheme for the buck converter without an inductor current sensor. The architecture of the proposed buck converter is simple and suitable for integration and mass production. It employs an output-voltage-measurement...
This study presents the development of a buck–boost converter for application in unmanned guided vehicles (UGVs). The converter was designed with its input connected to a lithium iron phosphate battery pack and its output connected to an invert...
Single-stage buck–boost inverters have attracted the attention of many researchers, due to their ability to increase/decrease the output voltage in one power conversion stage. One of the most important uses of these inverters is in photovoltaic...
The classical buck converter is a very common DC–DC converter, which reduces an higher input supply voltage to a lower output load voltage. Replacing the inductor and the capacitor by a transmission line, we obtain a distributed buck converter,...
The increasing demand for emerging applications like IoT or drones has boosted the interest of industry and academia in DC-DC converters. Due to their high performance, non-isolated buck DC-DC converters have become one of the most common configurati...
A transformer-less Buck-Boost direct current–direct current (DC–DC) converter in use for the fast charge of electric vehicles, based on powerful high-voltage isolated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules is analyzed, designed and experimentally ver...
Nowadays, single-phase, single-stage, buck-boost power inverters are mostly considered to be used for renewable energy source applications due to their wide range of capabilities. This article introduces a novel, single-phase, single-stage, buck-boos...
In this article, a new non-inverting buck-boost converter with superior characteristics in both bucking and boosting is presented. The proposed converter has some distinct features, such as high step-up/-down ability and low voltage/current stress on...
In the DC distribution system, to step down the DC voltage level from the AC grid voltage, the conventional topologies require multiple power conversion stages and bulky line-frequency transformers, which degrade their power density and cost-effectiv...
In this article, a novel single-stage transformerless buck–boost inverter is introduced. The proposed inverter can share a common ground between the DC input side and the grid; this leads to having a zero-leakage current. The proposed inverter...
Autonomous sensors that harvest energy from the environment usually employ a dc/dc converter to regulate the operating voltage of the energy transducer around its maximum power point (MPP). In this context, this work evaluates the efficiency of a buc...
This paper proposed a fully integrated adaptive on-time (AOT) controlled buck converter with fast load transient. An adaptive on-time generator is presented to stabilize the output frequency. To enhance the light load efficiency, the converter could...
DC–DC converters are widely used. They are a typical class of strongly nonlinear time-varying systems that show rich nonlinear phenomena under certain working conditions. Therefore, an in-depth study of their nonlinear phenomena, characteristic...
The instability of DC microgrids is the most prominent problem that limits the expansion of their use, and one of the most important causes of instability is constant power load CPLs. In this paper, a robust RST digital feedback controller is propose...
A three-phase boost-buck inverter (BBI) comprised of three identical boost-buck DC/DC converter modules is presented for an EV traction inverter application. It allows the step-up and/or step-down of the battery pack voltage according to the operatin...
The main contribution of this paper is the assets of the current and voltage ripples in a buck converter with an LED load. The results indicate that the ripples are different and that it is possible to reduce the passive filter concerning the model o...
The power converter is one of the essential elements for effective use of renewable power sources. This paper focuses on the development of a circuit simulation model for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) evaluation of solar power that involves usi...
This work shows the voltage regulation of a DC–DC buck converter by applying sliding mode control using three different cases of sliding surfaces. The DC–DC buck converter is modeled by ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that are solv...
To balance the cost and volume when applying a low output current ripple, the power supply design should be able to eliminate the current ripple under any duty cycle in medium and high switching frequencies, and considerably reduce filter volume to i...
The use of fuel cells in DC microgrids has been receiving a lot of attention from researchers and industry since both technologies can deliver clean energy with little to no environmental impact. To effectively integrate fuel cells in DC microgrids,...
In the present paper, a current sensorless (CSL) method for buck-boost converter control is proposed for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) photovoltaic applications. The proposed control scheme uses the mathematical model of the buck-boost converte...
A bridgeless buck-boost power-factor-correction (PFC) rectifier with positive output voltage is proposed herein. This PFC rectifier operates in the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). Owing to the DCM, a good performance on PF is easily achieved as...
This paper addresses the new method for output voltage regulation of DC–DC buck converter nonlinear systems by a sampled-data linear parameter varying (LPV) controller. For this purpose, an output-error state-space affine LPV model is presented...
Microinverters for Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems must have had a small number of components, be efficient, and be reliable. In this context, a single-phase Buck-Boost Single-stage Microinverter (BBSM) for grid-connected BIPV systems...
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