PowerAmerica: Task BP4-5.14: Wide Bandgap Power Converter Design Space Exploration
Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
Daniel D Stancil
John F. Muth
Project runs from 12/01/2014 to 06/30/2020
$394,201
Power America Task 5.14 BP4 Wide Bandgap Power Converter Design Space Exploration
The goal of this effort is to develop an open-source tool that integrates the concept of design space exploration into all aspects of the power converter design and construction to enable efficient trade-off
of design parameters using a library of previously engineered components. This open-source, reusable, tool suite will allow for engineers at all levels of their career to get exposed to the trade-offs inherent in
power electronics converter design, and to explore the benefits in performance that introduction of WBG components provide at the system level. The hands-on learning experience allows students to perform advanced multi-objective optimization at an early stage in the educational process. In research, this tool will facilitate technology benchmarking and will allow designers to answer “what-if” questions and roadmap technology performance and targets at the component and converter level.
