Ripple current control for single phase-shift dual active bridge converters

Abstract

Nowadays, the need for isolated bidirectional DC/DC converters is growing. In these types of equipment, the dual active bridge topology is widespread, where mostly the trans- former leakage inductance value determines its dynamic behavior. Voltage imbalance between the primary and secondary side results in unwanted excessive transformer peak current if the leakage in- ductance is low, thus limiting the load transient response of the converter. In this paper, a ripple current control method is pre- sented, which reduces the transformer peak current to its minimal level, furthermore, allows the magnetizing current components to be distributed between the primary and secondary sides in an ar- bitrary proportion. The proposed control was tested in HIL sim- ulation and on a real 360kW dual active bridge converter. Based on the results the current stress on semiconductors and DC capac- itors were reduced while the utilization and the efficiency of the converter were increased.