*4.2. Recommendations*

Recommendations for future research include; firstly the improvement of the thermal model by the inclusion of heat transfer to the PCB, such that the estimation of the core temperature can be improved. Consequently, the core inertia could potentially be further reduced in a new geometrical optimization. Secondly, the design approach can be made more generic by the substitution of the 2D magnetic model for a 3D model, such that the accuracy of the core loss calculation is improved. Lastly, the system efficiency could potentially be improved by selecting more efficient diodes, since the largest portion of the losses occurs in the single-phase rectifier.
