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Dual active bridge based battery charger for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with charging current containing low frequency ripple

  • Lingxiao Xue
  • , Daniel Diaz
  • , Zhiyu Shen
  • , Fang Luo
  • , Paolo Mattavelli
  • , Dushan Boroyevich
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Technical University of Madrid

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Abstract

High power density is strongly preferable for the on-board battery charger of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). Wide band gap devices, such as Gallium Nitride HEMTs are being explored to push to higher switching frequency and reduce passive component size. In this case, the bulk DC link capacitor of AC-DC Power Factor Correction (PFC) stage, which is usually necessary to store ripple power of two times the line frequency in a DC current charging system, becomes a major barrier on power density. If low frequency ripple is allowed in the battery, the DC link capacitance can be significantly reduced. This paper focuses on the operation of a battery charging system, which is comprised of one Full Bridge (FB) AC-DC stage and one Dual Active Bridge (DAB) DC-DC stage, with charging current containing low frequency ripple at two times line frequency, designated as sinusoidal charging. DAB operation under sinusoidal charging is investigated. Two types of control schemes are proposed and implemented in an experimental prototype. It is proved that closed loop current control is the better. Full system test including both FB AC-DC stage and DAB DC-DC stage verified the concept of sinusoidal charging, which may lead to potentially very high power density battery charger for PHEV.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 28th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2013
Pages1920-1925
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event28th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2013 - Long Beach, CA, United States
Duration: Mar 17 2013Mar 21 2013

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Conference

Conference28th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach, CA
Period03/17/1303/21/13

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