A DC-DC converter that can be applied for battery chargers with the power-capacity of over 7-kW for electric vehicles (EVs) is presented in this paper. Due to a new architecture, the proposed converter achieves a reduction of conduction losses at the primary side by as much as 50% and has many benefits such as much smaller circulating current, less duty-cycle loss, and lower secondary-voltage s...

The objective of this paper is to implement a two-phase, interleaved, bidirectional DC/DC converter topology with an improved voltage conversion ratio for electric vehicle (EV) and DC-microgrid systems. In this study, a two-phase interleaved charge-pump topology is introduced to achieve a high voltage conversion ratio with very simple control circuits. In discharge mode, the circuit topology ac...

Increased use of electric and hybrid electric vehicles (EVs/HEVs) is one of the most promising ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. To develop more competitive solutions, one of the trends in the development of drive systems for EVs/HEVs is to integrate the power electronic converter and the electric motor. This thesis aims to investigate the performance and the operation of modular convert...

This paper illustrates the study of three isolated zero voltage switched (ZVS) PWM full bridge (FB) converters to charge the high voltage battery in the charger of electric vehicle (EV). EV battery chargers have several challenges such as high efficiency, high reliability, low cost, isolation, and high power density. The cost of magnetic and filter components in the battery charger is reduced w...

In this paper the design and the operation of the drive system in a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) is presented. The system consists of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) stack, an interleaved boost converter, battery pack connected via a bidirectional buck-boost converter and a brushless DC motor (BLDC) driven by a three phase inverter. A basic analysis of each component of the in...

Rev. Abstract The most recent version (C2MTM) of Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices is used in a Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) converter application. A 1200V, 160mohm SiC MOSFET from Cree Inc. is used to design a high-frequency ZVS LLC resonant fullbridge (FB) DC/DC converter. With the outstanding advantages of SiC MOSFET, which has lower junction capacitance and low-on-state resistor compared to a s...

With the advance of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) converters, Multi-Terminal DC (MTDC) based on the voltage-source converter (VSC) has developed rapidly in renewable and electric power systems. To reduce the copper loss of large capacity and long distance DC transmission line, an improved droop control design based on optimal power sharing in VSC-MTDC integrating offshore wind farm i...

In this paper, a two-surfaces sliding mode controller (TSSMC) is proposed for the voltage tracking control of a two input DC-DC converter in application of electric vehicles (EVs). The imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) is used for tuning TSSMC parameters. The proposed controller significantly improves the transient response and disturbance rejection of the two input converters while p...

The design of a full electric vehicle (or battery electric vehicle (BEV)) requires the development and optimization of a complete electric powertrain, including battery, power electronics, electric machine, sensors and control system. When designing an electrical platform, from the very beginning of the V-cycle, it is mandatory to rely on modelling and simulation tools in order to drive the mai...