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Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Storage Technologies

High-Current , High-

Conversion-Ratio DC-
DC Converter for Super-
Capacitors

The design of an optimised bi-directional DC-DC converter capable of charging and discharging super-capacitor banks .

Competitive Advantage

• A class-leading , unique converter in a cost-effective design , with both digital and analogue control , that provides high-efficiency and high-reliability

Impact

• Improves the efficiency of energy management systems
• Makes energy recovery economically viable in CDI water treatment systems

Successful Applications

• A customised high-current DC-DC converter for capacitive deionisation technology to treat underground brackish water

Capabilities and Facilities

Our Collaborators

• Instrument Works
• Goldwind

More Information

Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au
• High-bandwidth , high-current probes
• High-bandwidth , high-resolution oscilloscope
• Real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform
• Power device analyser

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