A power converter for a bioelectrochemical system includes first converters each including a direct current terminal for supplying electric current via electrodes of the bioelectrochemical system, and a second converter for supplying energy to the first converters from an external electric power grid. Each first converter includes an electric element for receiving energy from the second converter and a circuitry for converting voltage of the electric element into electrolysis voltage suitable for the bioelectrochemical system. The electric element can be a secondary winding of a transformer or a direct voltage energy storage. Each first converter is galvanically isolated from the other first converters at least when the first mentioned first converter supplies energy to the bioelectrochemical system. Thus, each first converter drives its own electrode pair without disturbing the other first converters.

A power supply device may include a connector configured to electrically couple the power supply device to a conductor of the underground power lines; a voltage divider configured to receive an input voltage from the conductor, the voltage divider comprising a capacitor and divider voltage control electronics in series with the capacitor; and, a surge resistor in series with the capacitor and configured to provide impulse protection from surge events. The divider voltage control electronics may be configured to regulate an output voltage of the voltage divider to support variable loads on the voltage divider.

The subject invention reveals new methods and structures for achieving single stage power conversion with both regulated input current and regulated output voltage processing a minimum of load power and thereby achieving higher efficiency than other singles stage power converters with both regulated input current and regulated output voltage and two stage power factor corrected power converters. The subject invention reveals power factor corrected converters that improve the efficiency of the single stage power factor corrected converters on which they are based by adding an auxiliary converter that processes a small fraction of the total load power.

A three-phase regenerative drive configured for operation from a single phase alternating current (AC) power source, the three-phase regenerative drive including a three-phase converter having inputs for connection to a single-phase AC source, the three-phase converter having three phase legs, a three-phase inverter for connection to a motor, the three phase inverter configured to provide three phase command signals to the motor, and a DC bus connected between the three-phase converter and the three-phase inverter. A first phase leg of the three-phase converter and a second phase leg of the three-phase converter are employed to direct current from the single-phase AC source to the DC Bus and a third phase leg of the three phase legs of the three-phase converter returns current to a return of the AC source.

A three-phase regenerative drive configured for operation from a single phase alternating current (AC) power source, the three-phase regenerative drive including a three-phase converter having inputs for connection to a single-phase AC source, the three-phase converter having three phase legs, a three-phase inverter for connection to a motor, the three phase inverter configured to provide three phase command signals to the motor, and a DC bus connected between the three-phase converter and the three-phase inverter. A first phase leg of the three-phase converter and a second phase leg of the three-phase converter are employed to direct current from the single-phase AC source to the DC Bus and a third phase leg of the three phase legs of the three-phase converter returns current to a return of the AC source.

An efficient, high density, inline converter module includes a power conversion circuit and an input wiring harness for connecting the input of the power circuit to a unipolar source. A second wiring harness or electrical connectors may be provided for connecting the output of the power conversion circuit to a load. Connections between a wiring harness and the power conversion circuit may comprise conductive contacts, configured to distribute heat. The power circuit may be over molded to provide electrical insulation and efficient heat transfer to external ambient air. A DC transformer based inline converter module may be used in AC adapter, vehicular, and power system architectures. An input connector for connecting the input wiring harness to the input source may be provided. In some embodiments the input source may be an AC source and the input connector may comprise a rectifier for delivering a rectified, unipolar, voltage to the input of the power conversion assembly via an input wiring harness. By separating the rectifier from the power conversion assembly, the power conversion assembly may be packaged into a smaller volume than would be required if the rectifier, and its associated heat loss, were included in the power conversion assembly.

An efficient, high density, inline converter module includes a power conversion circuit and an input wiring harness for connecting the input of the power circuit to a unipolar source. A second wiring harness or electrical connectors may be provided for connecting the output of the power conversion circuit to a load. Connections between a wiring harness and the power conversion circuit may comprise conductive contacts, configured to distribute heat. The power circuit may be over molded to provide electrical insulation and efficient heat transfer to external ambient air. A DC transformer based inline converter module may be used in AC adapter, vehicular, and power system architectures. An input connector for connecting the input wiring harness to the input source may be provided. In some embodiments the input source may be an AC source and the input connector may comprise a rectifier for delivering a rectified, unipolar, voltage to the input of the power conversion assembly via an input wiring harness. By separating the rectifier from the power conversion assembly, the power conversion assembly may be packaged into a smaller volume than would be required if the rectifier, and its associated heat loss, were included in the power conversion assembly.

The present invention provides a multi-active bridge converter. The converter comprises n multi-active bridges, wherein each of the n multi-active bridges comprises a DC/AC bridge, a single-phase transformer and m AC/DC bridges, where n is greater than or equal to 3, and m is greater than or equal to 1; the single-phase transformer is provided with one primary winding and m secondary windings; the DC/AC bridge is configured to receive a DC input signal, and AC output terminals of the DC/AC bridge are connected to the primary winding of the single-phase transformer; one terminal of the i.sup.th secondary winding among the m secondary windings of the single-phase transformer is connected to an AC input terminal of the i.sup.th AC/DC bridge among the m AC/DC bridges, the other terminal of the i.sup.th secondary winding is connected to the other terminals of the i.sup.th secondary windings among m secondary windings of single-phase transformers in the remaining (n−1) multi-active bridges, where i is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m; and positive busbars DC+ and negative busbars DC− of the DC output terminals of all the AC/DC bridges among the n multi-active bridges are respectively connected with each other to serve as DC output terminals of the multi-active bridge converter.

A wireless charging device is provided in this disclosure, which includes a resonant network, an inverter circuit, and a controller. The resonant network includes a resonant capacitor and a transmitting coil. An input end of the inverter circuit is configured to connect to a direct current power supply, and an output end of the inverter circuit is configured to connect to the resonant network. The controller is configured to determine a moving direction of the transmitting coil based on a self-inductance of the transmitting coil or a resonant frequency of the resonant network, and control a movement of the transmitting coil based on the moving direction of the transmitting coil, to enable the wireless charging device to align with the electronic device.

A controller for an AC-DC converter including a rectifier circuit that converts AC input voltage into DC output voltage uses control logic to control the rectifier circuit according to two or more operating modes. Each operating mode determines a gain of the rectifier circuit. The controller selects an operating mode from the two or more operating modes based on at least one of an AC input voltage value and a required DC output voltage value. The AC-DC converter provides a wide range of DC output voltage with power factor correction. The controller may be used with AC-DC converter topologies such as boost converter, isolated boost converter, PWM converter, LLC resonant converter, and LCC resonant converter.