Bidirectional Universal Converter Transformer Design for Electric Vehicle Onboard Charging

Jacob Buys, Ameer Janabi, Wei Qian, Xiaorui Wang, Yunting Liu, Bingsen Wang, Xi Lu, Ke Zou, Chingchi Chen, Fang Z. Peng

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Abstract

This paper highlights the design aspects of the universal converter transformer as part of an effort done to use the universal converter for onboard charging applications for electric vehicles. Today's requirements of onboard charging ask for bidirectional follow capabilities and an ability to interface with various power grid types (single-phase, three-phase three- wires, and three-phase four-wire, etc.). Such requirements increase the difficulty of designing the transformer due to the high input to output voltage gain range of the DC-DC converter. The universal converter uses a dual active bridge that maintains consistent performance across all the operating regions. This paper provides the necessary steps of building the transformer and shows the experimental results to assess the proposed design method.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4094-4096
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728158266
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 11 2020
Event12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 - Virtual, Detroit, United States
Duration: Oct 11 2020Oct 15 2020

Publication series

NameECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

Conference

Conference12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Detroit
Period10/11/2010/15/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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