Dc/Dc Converter Articles & Analysis

Micrometals, a leader in high performance core solutions for power applications, has released a new proprietary formulation of distributed gap alloy powder core called SenMax. This new material is an advanced formulation of Sendust that provides core loss comparable to traditional Sendust but with 38% higher magnetizing force. SenMax is initially being offered in 26µ and ...

By Micrometals, Inc.

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS) – a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions – today announced the company’s first non-isolated bus converter (NIBC) in industry-standard quarter-brick format for 48 V power conversion in compute and telecom applications. Operating at up to 900 W with efficiencies as high as ...

By Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

CALSTART, North America's leading advanced transportation technology organization, has secured and launched contracts for five major fuel cell bus technology development projects with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), an important part of CALSTART's overall hydrogen pathways strategy.fuel cell bus technology development projects. The newest $24-million effort involves multiple fuel ...

By WestStart-CALSTART

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS) – a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions – today announced it has expanded its UltraVolt LE Series of high voltage DC-to-DC converters with the introduction of three new models with higher maximum output voltage. AE’s new 20LE, 25LE and 30LE converters range from 20 to ...

By Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

Eos Energy Storage (Eos) has announced two new projects deploying the company’s Aurora 2.0 battery system in major markets on both coasts of the United States. The next generation solution integrates the company’s aqueous, zinc Znyth® battery technology — built on ten years of testing and learning — as a safe, sustainable, and scalable alternative to Lithium Ion.The Eos Aurora® 2.0 has been ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Ampt, a DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, this week announced that it has received an order for Ampt String Optimizers for 210 MW as a follow-on to the company’s successful delivery of 180 MW earlier this year. The combined 390 MW of Ampt optimizers will power Chile’s largest solar plus energy storage power plant initiative. Ampt’s patented optimizer technology plays ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Sustainable Innovations and ENSO are the Spanish partners involved in HEROES (acronym of Hybrid EneRgy stOragE Stations), a new project funded under the European Union's Research and Innovation Program Horizon 2020, that will last 36 months. The objective of HEROES is the development and demonstration of a disruptive hybrid high power/high energy stationary storage system for fast charging of ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Power management company Eaton today announced the launch of its automotive grade Coiltronics® HCMA Series of high current power inductors to meet and exceed the Automotive Electronics Council’s (AEC) Q200 Grade 3 standard with a maximum total temperature operation range from minus 55 degrees to 125 degrees Celsius (C). The inductors are designed to withstand temperature and shock ...

By Eaton Corporation

Eltek today announced that it has been named as one of three finalists for the NHO (The Norwegian Confederation of Business) Innovation Award for the revolutionary Rectiverter product. The NHO Innovation Award is the most prestigious innovation prize in Norway. It has been awarded yearly since 1981 to honour innovation and entrepreneurship. "Eltek has been a driving force in moving power supply ...

By Eltek AS

Game changing new technology delivers bi-directional AC/DC power flows, combining the functions of a rectifier, an inverter and a transfer technology in a single module. Drammen, Norway, 3rd of February 2016. Eltek is today announcing the launch of the Rectiverter, a power conversion module combining the functions of a rectifier, an inverter and a "static transfer switch" in one. The Rectiverter ...

By Eltek AS

A new distribution system designed by researchers at the University of Waterloo would reduce electricity prices by more than five per cent while also improving service reliability.The design involves the integration of the two kinds of electric current that power homes, industries and electric vehicles - alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).Researchers found efficiencies by designing ...

By Smart Grid Observer