Energy efficiency in plug-in hybrid electric vehicle chargers: Evaluation and comparison of front end AC-DC topologies

Author

Musavi, Fariborz ; Edington, Murray ; Eberle, Wilson ; Dunford, William G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Res., Delta-Q Technol. Corp., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

17-22 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

273

Lastpage

280

Abstract

As a key component of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) charger system, the front-end ac-dc converter must achieve high efficiency and power density. This paper presents a topology survey evaluating topologies for use in front end ac-dc converters for PHEV battery chargers. The topology survey is focused on several boost power factor corrected converters, which offer high efficiency, high power factor, high density and low cost. Experimental results are presented and interpreted for five prototype converters, converting universal ac input voltage to 400 V dc. The results demonstrate that the phase shifted semi-bridgeless PFC boost converter is ideally suited for automotive level I residential charging applications in North America, where the typical supply is limited to 120 V and 1.44 kVA. For automotive level II residential charging applications in North America and Europe the bridgeless interleaved PFC boost converter is an ideal topology candidate for typical supplies of 120 V and 240 V, with power levels of 3.3 kW, 5 kW and 6.6 kW.

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; energy conservation; hybrid electric vehicles; power factor correction; PHEV battery charger system; apparent power 1.44 kVA; automotive level II residential charging application; bridgeless interleaved PFC boost converter; energy efficiency; front-end AC-DC converter topology; phase shifted semibridgeless PFC boost converter; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle battery charger system; power 3.3 kW; power 5 kW; power 6.6 kW; power density; topology survey evaluating topology; universal AC input voltage conversion; voltage 120 V; voltage 240 V; voltage 400 V; Batteries; Bridge circuits; Inductors; Power generation; Prototypes; Semiconductor diodes; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0542-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCE.2011.6063780

Filename

6063780