Analysis and implementation of synchronization strategies of boost converters operating in parallel

• Grant number: 13/21079-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Alessandro Serrão Gonçalves
• Grantee: Jonas Evanguel Gomes Monteiro
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus Experimental de Sorocaba. Sorocaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Basically the research activities deal with investigation, development and implementation of digital strategies for synchronization of Boost converters (DC-DC and AC-DC), operating in critical conduction mode (MCCr), and with a cellular architecture considering parallel operation of power converter cells using the interleaved technique.