Abstract
Recently, the shortage in fossil fuel causes the inflation around the world. Every nation is aware of the energy dependence on the imported oil and starts to invest on the replaceable energy such as fuel cell, solar cell and wind power. Besides of exploring more energy, cutting off the energy waste is another solution. At present, there are more digital electronics and applications of variable-frequency motors utilized at home or in office building in order to enhance the efficiency and performance. In addition, in IT industry, the amount of energy consumption in data centers is always an issue worthy to be considered. Due to the strict requirement of electricity quality, uninterruptable power system and protection facility are implemented which would result in loss in the process of electricity transmission. Therefore, with a little improvement in efficiency, considerable energy waste would be saved. Since most of replaceable resources generate the DC power or retrieve the most energy by converted to DC power and more DC loads are appearing on the market, the feasibility of low-voltage DC distribution has been discussed again recently. By applying DC distribution, conversions stages can be saved accompanied with benefits of high stability and the ease of designing UPS system. However, for nearly all distribution system is AC-powered at present, the feasibility of DC distribution system should be discussed. Moreover, AC/DC converters and DC breakers which are two important components in DC distribution system are also the issues to be discussed. Therefore, in this thesis, the feasibility of DC distribution will be investigated. In addition, the feasible topologies and design rules of converter and breakers are proposed with the verification by simulation results.