A Front-End Bridgeless Power Factor Corrector For Electric Vehicle Battery Chargers

Authors

  • Jefferson Carlos Fischer Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville - SC, Brazil
  • Juliana Andressa da Silva Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau - SC, Brazil
  • Yales Rômulo de Novaes Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville - SC, Brazil
  • Sérgio Vidal Garcia Oliveira Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville - SC, Brazil and Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau - SC, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2017.4.2707

Keywords:

AC-DC converter, Battery Chargers, Bridgeless Boost Converter, Electric Vehicle, Power Factor Corrector (PFC)

Abstract

In this paper, a bridgeless power factor corrector converter is suggested for electric vehicle battery chargers. The converter is applicable as a front-end stage for residential charging, i.e. automotive level 1. It is presented a steady state operation analysis for the proposed converter. It operates in current continuous conduction mode controlled by a voltage outer loop and a current inner loop control strategy. Experimental results were performed for a 1 kW prototype, considering 220 V grid voltage, 400 V dc output voltage, 70 kHz switching frequency, and the control system implemented by the UCC28070. The experimental results are satisfactory, which demonstrate a peak efficiency of 98.4% at half load, and features high efficiency from light load to full load. Additionally, the input current THD is less than 5% from half to full load and the power factor is higher than 0.99 from half to full load.

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Author Biographies

Jefferson Carlos Fischer, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville - SC, Brazil

, was born in 20/06/1988 in Jaraguá do Sul/SC is an electrical engineer (2012) with the Centro Universitário Católica de Santa Catarina and master (2017) with Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC). His areas of interest are in power electronics and comprehends: ac-dc converters, converters applied to electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. Eng. Fischer is member of the Brazilian Society of Power Electronics (SOBRAEP).

Juliana Andressa da Silva, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau - SC, Brazil

, was born in 17/04/1974 in Lages/SC is an electrical engineer (1999) with the Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), master (2001) and doctor (2006) in Electrical Engineering with the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Sérgio is a full-time professor at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) and in part-time at FURB. His areas of interest are in, electric drives, distributed generation systems, quality and energy efficiency. Dr. Oliveira is member of SOBRAEP, SBA, PELS and IES.

Yales Rômulo de Novaes, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville - SC, Brazil

, was born in 21/12/1989 in Foz do Iguaçu/PR is a telecommunications engineer (2014) and master’s degree student (2017-2018) with the Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB). Her areas of interest are in power electronics and comprehends: ac-dc converters, electromagnetic losses and energy efficiency.

Sérgio Vidal Garcia Oliveira, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville - SC, Brazil and Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau - SC, Brazil

, was born in 1974 in Indaial/SC, is an electrical engineer (1999) with the Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), master (2000) and doctor (2006) in Electrical Engineering with the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). From 2006 to 2008 was a post-doctoral fellow at the Industrial Electronics Laboratory at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. From 2008 to 2010 worked as scientist with the Power Electronics Systems group at ABB Corporate Research Center, Daetwill, Switzerland. Currently he is an associate professor at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC).

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2017-12-31

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J. Carlos Fischer, J. Andressa da Silva, Y. Rômulo de Novaes, and S. Vidal Garcia Oliveira, “A Front-End Bridgeless Power Factor Corrector For Electric Vehicle Battery Chargers”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 389–397, Dec. 2017.

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