TY - JFULL AU - Janos Hamar and Peter Bartal and Daniel T. Sepsi PY - 2011/3/ TI - Energy-Efficient Electrical Power Distribution with Multi-Agent Control at Parallel DC/DC Converters T2 - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering SP - 170 EP - 177 VL - 5 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7558 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 50, 2011 N2 - Consumer electronics are pervasive. It is impossible to imagine a household or office without DVD players, digital cameras, printers, mobile phones, shavers, electrical toothbrushes, etc. All these devices operate at different voltage levels ranging from 1.8 to 20 VDC, in the absence of universal standards. The voltages available are however usually 120/230 VAC at 50/60 Hz. This situation makes an individual electrical energy conversion system necessary for each device. Such converters usually involve several conversion stages and often operate with excessive losses and poor reliability. The aim of the project presented in this paper is to design and implement a multi-channel DC/DC converter system, customizing the output voltage and current ratings according to the requirements of the load. Distributed, multi-agent techniques will be applied for the control of the DC/DC converters. ER -