Dear Dr. Li

EPA-2006-0239

ZVT Interleaved Boost Converters for High-Efficiency, High-Step-Up
DC/DC Conversion

Thank you for submitting your paper to IEE Proc. Electric Power
Applications. The referral process is now complete. While finding your paper
interesting and worthy of publication, the referees and I feel that more
work could be done before the paper is published. My decision is
therefore to provisionally accept your paper subject to major revisions.

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Prof. Mellitt
IEE Proc. Electric Power Applications
Editorial Office


Reviewer: 1
Comments to the Author
1. Although an additional snubber capacitor was successfully used to
clamp the spike voltage, the 200V voltage-rated switches were employed in
a low voltage (40V) side circuit, resulting in a large conduction loss
because of using a high RDS(ON)  switch. The paper must focus on
reducing conduction loss by the utilization of a low-voltage-rated device
with a smaller RDS(ON).
2. In this study, the 1200V voltage-rated diodes were designed in the
output side, they are high than the output voltage. The leakage inductor
of .the coupled inductor and the parasitic capacitor of the output
diode resonated after the switch was turned on, a proper snubber may be
used to reduce the output rectifier peak voltage. The authors should
provide the across voltage of the diodes in the Fig. 12. 


Reviewer: 2
Comments to the Author
I thinh the authors have done a good work.

Reviewer: 3
Comments to the Author
This paper proposed an interleaved boost converter with high step-up
gain by adopting winding-coupled inductors and adding auxiliary
commutation circuits.  The voltage stress of the main switches can be reduced
and thus the efficiency will be increased.  The operating principle is
discussed and the key waveforms are illustrated. Also, some simulation
and experimental results are provided.  I suggest that this paper is
suitable to be published on IEE-EPA but the modification is mandatory. 
1. The proposed converter can be operated at higher step-up voltage
gain and high efficiency.  But, the proposed converter can be operated
only at DCM thus very high output voltage ripple (current ripple) will be
appeared on the output.  It is necessary to provide the output voltage
waveforms to verify performance and also the performance of line
regulation and load regulation must be discussed.
2. It is not good enough to analyze the proposed circuit by only
considering the leakage inductance of the primary winding.  The circuit
characteristics of the proposed converter will be highly affected by the
leakage inductance of the secondary winding due to the high turns ratio of
the secondary winding.
3. The discontinuous time of inductor current is very long (from t0 to
t2 and t8 to t10).  This will cause serious voltage ripple and current
ripple on the load.  
3.  Some minor drawbacks of this paper:
a. The indications of current and voltage waveforms do not clearly
illustrated.
b. The test conditions of Figures 9~12 did not depict clearly.

 

论文投稿二三事

 

      前段时间投了几篇文章出去,这几天陆续收到审稿意见.第一次收到PE的意见的时候,很难抑制住自己的喜悦,短信或者电话告诉了很多朋友,让他们跟我一起分享我的快乐.也感谢他们对我的关心和帮助.

      上上周第一次收到电机工程学报的审稿意见,很遗憾,他们给的意见是直接据稿.这个结果让我很意外,毕竟这篇文章的核心思想是跟投PE的论文是相似的.而PE给的意见是很让我乐观的.这也让我第一次明白了审稿人的喜好完全是不同的.很搞笑的是,当我打电话给电机工程楼学报的责任编辑王老师请教审稿意见时,他在跟我讲了一通大道理后,夸我态度很好,很谦虚.其实王老师没有体味到我的失落和痛心啊.看来我的伪装还是有一定的欺骗性的.

     没有想到EPA的审稿周期这么短, 前天收到IEE proceeding Electric Power Applications (EPA)的审稿意见. 主编给的意见是 provisionally accept your paper subject to major revisions.给了我希望,但也给我提了很多问题.他们的意见让我收获很大.我会好好的按照他们的意见去改的,争取最终录用.如果PE和EPA都录用,我就达到毕业的要求啦.哈哈....

    收到EPA的审稿意见的时候,远没有收到PE的审稿意见的时候兴奋,大概是因为审稿的意见并没有让我觉得最终录用的希望不大,兴奋不起来,又或者是因为有了第一次PE的兴奋后,没有那么容易兴奋了. 似乎在浙大这么多年里,越来越理性,越来越不容易兴奋.很多东西,都会平静对待.

     但是无论如何.投往EPA这篇文章凝聚了太多人的关心和帮助:何颖彦和寝室老大一直鼓励我深入研究下去,特别是何颖彦,经常跟我一起讨论和分析;寝室老大本科起就一个寝室同居了,每天晚上都是在相互的粗口中进入梦乡,以后没有了我们相互之间的粗口和口头禅,我不知道我是否还会好梦依旧?当然这篇文章的结构得到了GE上海全球研发中心(GRC)的刘云峰博士的指导和修改,经过他的修改,我终于觉得自己憋出来的东西终于象一片文章了.刘云峰博士是我在电力电子理论研究中的指路人,我会一直怀念那段在他手下实习的生活,那段开心,充实的日子是我博士生涯的拐点;山东大学的师姐很仔细的给我修改了论文中的语法,菲利普的沈雁群师弟给我推导了全文的公式.很感谢你们,在我收到审稿意见后,我给你们都发去了email.email中充满我的感谢....当然,还有经常光顾我blog的朋友们,认识或不认识,熟悉或陌生,我都感谢你们对我的关心.

       刚刚又收到了电机工程学报对我第二篇文章的审稿意见,意见是修改后重投,重投的原因是因为我的文章结构体系是完全抄姚刚师兄发在该刊上的一片文章,审稿人认为相似之处太多了,太多了总不是好事.

      很感谢电机工程学学报,没有给我直接据稿,至少给了我希望.我一直认为希望是人活下去的理由.

      就在收到电机工程学报对我第二篇文章的审稿意见的时候,被老板从公司电召回他办公室, 被老板”狠狠”的”批”了一顿,说我写的文章内容太多,重点不突出,结构太差,语法错误太多.很客气的让我先放一放,先把EPA的文章修改后再说.看来这篇没有还没有投出去就被老板枪毙了,我的心血啊….很对不起fly,在离开大陆去台湾前还帮我改文章,可惜早早就被我老板枪毙了.

      差距还很大,路还很长,我还得努力……

献给小凤

Note：昨天实验室师弟答辩宴上，欣然发现小凤那久违的面孔，让我兴奋和开心不已。她一直是我更新不算勤快、内容不算丰富的Blog的最忠实的读者之一。早就在构思用我那不算笨拙但真诚的“笔”来忆及跟小凤相处不算很长但是美好的日子。

小凤是师弟燕子的mm。在芸芸人海中，你不一定最先发现她；但是一旦跟她接触过的人都会在内心深处为她空出一段内存来保留她的微笑、爽朗、乐观和真纯。

师弟燕子是实验室最出色的师弟，比我小一届，为了“守护老婆”，放弃了去国外求学的机会，去上海跟小凤过起了童话般的生活。跟小凤的熟悉，是从我跟燕子共处一个实验室开始。

记得有次师兄从上海回来在城西广场报告我们。期间小凤的率真、天真和爽朗的笑声给我留下了很深的印象。坦率的说，我不喜欢争当鲜花的女孩，而对乐为绿叶的mm充满好感。男的文化（狼的文化）总是具有一定的进攻性，一个善于调节气氛、活跃场面的女孩总是可以让大家放下压力的重担，享受片刻的轻松。而小凤总是能够给我们带来微笑。

燕子说他很知足，因为小凤是个好老婆，也是燕子妈妈眼中的好儿媳。小凤为第一次去燕子家做足了功课，但我发现她还是有些紧张，于是我客串了一把这方面的高手，跟她海侃了一把在燕子家只要如此这般表现就一定能燕子父母喜上眉梢。其实跟你神聊的时候，我只是先让你放松一下，毕竟我连女朋友都没有，哪来的这方面的理论知识和实际经验呢？其实凭你的品性和为人，根本不需刻意表现，就一定能够赢得燕子父母的欢心。燕子后来说他妈妈逢人就说这个媳妇如何如何好，如何如何懂事。呵呵，你很轻松就过这关！

      你们的经历告诉我，幸福的生活其实很简单。祝你们幸福美满！

      你那一声亲切的“师兄”就是一剂迷魂药！