Comparison between an AC-DC matrix converter and an interleaved DC-dc converter with power factor corrector for plug-in electric vehicles

Author

Rizzoli, G. ; Zarri, L. ; Mengoni, M. ; Tani, A. ; Attilio, L. ; Serra, G. ; Casadei, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron., & Inf. Eng. "G. Marconi", Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Passive three-phase rectifier circuits are very popular for ac-dc power conversion. However, they do not have the capability to reverse the power flow, which is demanded by some recent potential smart-grid applications, such as vehicle-togrid (V2G) power transfer. This paper compares two structures of reversible battery chargers, i.e., an interleaved dc-dc converter fed by a three-phase power factor corrector rectifier and a three-phase ac-dc matrix converter, which may be suitable for plug-in electric vehicles. The comparison aims to estimate the power losses, the power capability and the size of the converters under common requirements.

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; DC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; electric vehicles; load flow; matrix convertors; power factor correction; smart power grids; AC-DC matrix converter; AC-DC power conversion; V2G power transfer; interleaved DC-DC converter; passive three-phase rectifier circuit; plug-in electric vehicle; power factor corrector rectifier; power flow; power loss; reversible battery charger; smart-grid application; vehicle-to-grid power transfer; Batteries; Battery chargers; DC-DC power converters; Matrix converters; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Topology; PFC; ac-dc matrix converter; battery charger; interleaved dc-dc converter; plug-in electric vehicle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Vehicle Conference (IEVC), 2014 IEEE International

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEVC.2014.7056209

Filename

7056209