Title :
Evaluation and comparison of a two-level and a multilevel inverter for an EV using a modulized battery topology
Author :
Josefsson, Oskar ; Thiringer, Torbjörn ; Lundmark, Sonja ; Zelaya, Hector
Author_Institution :
Div. of Electr. Power Eng., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
This paper analytically evaluates when it is suitable to use a multilevel inverter in an electrified vehicle. The multilevel inverter is compared to a classical two level inverter for different operation points and for different drive cycles.
Keywords :
battery powered vehicles; invertors; losses; power utilisation; reliability; EV; battery loss minimization; drive cycle; electrified vehicle; loss calculation; modulized battery topology; multilevel inverter; reliability modelling; Batteries; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Irrigation; MOSFET circuits; Reliability; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2419-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2012.6389427
