Title :
Experimental study of a bidirectional DC-DC converter for the DC link voltage control and the regenerative braking in PM motor drives devoted to electrical vehicles
Author :
Caricchi, F. ; Crescimbini, F. ; Noia, G. ; Pirolo, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rome Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The use of a bidirectional DC-DC converter operating in the DC link of CRPWM-inverter-fed motor drives devoted to electric vehicles (EVs) application allows a suitable control of both motoring and regenerative braking operations, and it can contribute to a significant increase of the motor drive overall efficiency. This paper deals with the experimental study of a bidirectional DC-DC converter prototype which has been designed for application in small-size EVs propelled by axial-flux PM motor drives. The paper discusses the converter modes of operation and reports the experimental results taken from a converter prototype which has been constructed using an IGBTs power module rated 600 V, 50 A
Keywords :
electric drives; electric motors; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; permanent magnet motors; power convertors; pulse width modulation; regenerative braking; road vehicles; voltage control; 50 A; 600 V; CRPWM-inverter-fed motor drives; DC link voltage control; IGBT; PM motor drives; axial-flux; bi-directional DC-DC converter; converter operation modes; efficiency; electrical vehicles; motoring; regenerative braking; AC motors; Battery powered vehicles; DC-DC power converters; Electric vehicles; Inverters; Motor drives; Propulsion; Prototypes; Vehicle driving; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1994. APEC '94. Conference Proceedings 1994., Ninth Annual
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1456-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.1994.316373
