Title :
Overview on battery chargers for plug-in electric vehicles
Author :
Bertoluzzo, M. ; Zabihi, N. ; Buja, Geogiana
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padua, Italy
Abstract :
The paper deals with the battery chargers for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). At first, the conventional battery chargers based on front-end diode rectifiers are described, dwelling on the topologies that improve their power factor. Then the bidirectional battery chargers are illustrated, highlighting their capabilities both to achieve a nearly unity power factor and to execute vehicle-to-grid services. At last, the so-called integral battery chargers are presented, showing that they are a viable solution to reduce the power electronics onboard the PEVs.
Keywords :
battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; diodes; power electronics; power factor; power grids; rectifying circuits; PEV; bidirectional integral battery charger; front-end diode rectifier; plug-in electric vehicle; power electronics; unity power factor topology; vehicle-to-grid service; Batteries; Choppers (circuits); DC-DC power converters; Inductors; Rectifiers; Topology; Transistors; Plug-in electric vehicles; bidirectional battery chargers; integral battery chargers; unidirectional battery chargers;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), 2012 15th International
Conference_Location :
Novi Sad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1970-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1971-3
DOI :
10.1109/EPEPEMC.2012.6397461
