TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-module high voltage pulse generator based on DC-DC boost converter and CDVMs for drinking water purification
AU - Elserougi, Ahmed
AU - Ahmed, Shehab
AU - Massoud, Ahmed
N1 - Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2019-11-27
PY - 2016/5/19
Y1 - 2016/5/19
N2 - High pulsed electric field (PEF) can be used effectively in drinking water purification, by applying it across the water sample to be treated. Application of sufficient high PEF guarantees killing of harmful germs and bacteria in the drinking water. In this paper, a new multi-module high voltage pulse generator is proposed. Each module is based on DC-DC boost converter in conjunction with capacitor-diode voltage multiplier (CDVM), with closed loop control on its output voltage. The modules are fed from isolated low voltage DC sources, and their synchronized pulsed output voltages are connected in series to increase the total pulsed output voltage. The main advantages of the proposed approach are modularity, scalability, redundancy, and employment of relatively low/medium voltage semiconductor devices to generate a high output voltage (i.e. no need for series connected switches). The proposed approach is validated by simulation study assuming different operating conditions.
AB - High pulsed electric field (PEF) can be used effectively in drinking water purification, by applying it across the water sample to be treated. Application of sufficient high PEF guarantees killing of harmful germs and bacteria in the drinking water. In this paper, a new multi-module high voltage pulse generator is proposed. Each module is based on DC-DC boost converter in conjunction with capacitor-diode voltage multiplier (CDVM), with closed loop control on its output voltage. The modules are fed from isolated low voltage DC sources, and their synchronized pulsed output voltages are connected in series to increase the total pulsed output voltage. The main advantages of the proposed approach are modularity, scalability, redundancy, and employment of relatively low/medium voltage semiconductor devices to generate a high output voltage (i.e. no need for series connected switches). The proposed approach is validated by simulation study assuming different operating conditions.
KW - Pulse Generator
KW - voltage multiplier
UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7474774/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84974559931&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICIT.2016.7474774
DO - 10.1109/ICIT.2016.7474774
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84974559931
SN - 9781467380751
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology
SP - 334
EP - 338
BT - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2016
Y2 - 14 March 2016 through 17 March 2016
ER -