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EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR CHARGING METHODS

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Date Issued:
2009
Abstract/Description:
The goal of this thesis is to design and fabricate a DC-to-DC converter for use in high-voltage capacitor charging applications. The primary objectives include increasing the efficiency and reducing the cost of traditional methods used for this application. Traditional methods were not designed specifically for high-voltage capacitor charging and were thus very primitive and exhibited lower efficiency. Prior methods made use of a high voltage power supply and a current limiting resistor or control scheme. The power supply would often only operate efficiently at a single voltage value and would thus function poorly over a range used in charging a capacitor. The resistor would also dissipate a fair amount of power, also limiting efficiency. This design makes use of a traditional flyback topology utilizing a controller developed specifically for this application, centering the design approach on the LT3750. Hence, taking full advantage of the efficiency improving control scheme it provides. Additionally, through the use of advanced techniques to eliminate noise and power losses, the efficiency may be significantly improved. A detailed theoretical analysis of the charger is also presented. The analysis will then be applied to optimization techniques to select ideal component values to meet specific design specifications. In this research, a specifically designed and developed prototype will be used to experimentally verify the theoretical work and optimization techniques.
Title: EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR CHARGING METHODS.
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Name(s): Islas, Michael, Author
Batarseh, Issa, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2009
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The goal of this thesis is to design and fabricate a DC-to-DC converter for use in high-voltage capacitor charging applications. The primary objectives include increasing the efficiency and reducing the cost of traditional methods used for this application. Traditional methods were not designed specifically for high-voltage capacitor charging and were thus very primitive and exhibited lower efficiency. Prior methods made use of a high voltage power supply and a current limiting resistor or control scheme. The power supply would often only operate efficiently at a single voltage value and would thus function poorly over a range used in charging a capacitor. The resistor would also dissipate a fair amount of power, also limiting efficiency. This design makes use of a traditional flyback topology utilizing a controller developed specifically for this application, centering the design approach on the LT3750. Hence, taking full advantage of the efficiency improving control scheme it provides. Additionally, through the use of advanced techniques to eliminate noise and power losses, the efficiency may be significantly improved. A detailed theoretical analysis of the charger is also presented. The analysis will then be applied to optimization techniques to select ideal component values to meet specific design specifications. In this research, a specifically designed and developed prototype will be used to experimentally verify the theoretical work and optimization techniques.
Identifier: CFE0002899 (IID), ucf:48025 (fedora)
Note(s): 2009-12-01
M.S.E.E.
Engineering and Computer Science, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Masters
This record was generated from author submitted information.
Subject(s): Capacitor Charging
Flyback
Transformer
High Voltage
Efficiency
MATLAB
Optimization
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002899
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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