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ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 6, 2009) --- Advanced Power Electronics, Inc. (APECOR), won an award recently for a paper the Orlando based technology firm presented at the 5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference in Dearborn, Mich. John Elmes, vice president of Advanced Technology at APECOR, said the paper focused on new technology APECOR is developing in partnership with UCF to improve the efficiency of hybrid vehicles.
The paper, titled “Modular Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Electric Vehicles with Variable Frequency Interleaved Soft-Switching”, was authored by APECOR and UCF researchers Elmes, Rene Kersten, Issa Batarseh, Michael Pepper and Keith Mansfield.
The converter is an important technology breakthrough for the commercial market because of the dual functionality and dramatically decreased size with increased efficiency.
The bidirectional converter allows it to be used to power either the drive motors of the hybrid-electric vehicle or recharge the batteries when slowing the vehicle. The high density of the converter is 2 to 3 times smaller than the traditional DC-DC converter, over 97 percent efficient, and can operate with coolant over 100 degrees C.
Their presentation was awarded “Best Paper” at the conference.
APECOR, Inc. is a University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program client based at the Incubator in the Central Florida Research Park.
For more information about this release contact:
John Elmes, VP of Advanced Technology, APECOR, Inc. 407-275-1175, jelmes@apecor.com
Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Incubator – Research Park, 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 or LvershelCo@aol.com
About APECOR, Inc.:
Advanced Power Electronics Corporation (APECOR) carries out research and development in the area of power electronics. In partnership with the University of Central Florida, APECOR has been developing high-efficiency DC/DC voltage regulator modules, hard-switching and soft-switching DC/DC converters, advanced digital control methods, digitally controlled distributed power systems (DPS), and soft-switching power factor corrected AC/DC converters. APECOR is creating power electronics solutions for many industries, ranging from portable solar battery chargers to high-power electric vehicles. For more information, visit www.apecor.com.
About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging companies (including nearly 70 current clients) create over $500 million in annual revenue and more than 1600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, the City of Orlando, Orange County, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, the City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu. |
