A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources

A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with a high step-up/step-down voltage gain is proposed for electric vehicles (EVs) with a hybrid energy source system (HESS). The converter presented has the advantages of being a simple circuit, a reduced number of components, a wide voltage-gain r...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yun, Gao, Yongpin, Zhou, Lei, Sumner, M.
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49388/
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Gao, Yongpin
Zhou, Lei
Sumner, M.
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Gao, Yongpin
Zhou, Lei
Sumner, M.
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description A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with a high step-up/step-down voltage gain is proposed for electric vehicles (EVs) with a hybrid energy source system (HESS). The converter presented has the advantages of being a simple circuit, a reduced number of components, a wide voltage-gain range, a low voltage stress, and a common ground. In addition, the synchronous rectifiers allow zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on and turn-off without requiring any extra hardware, and the efficiency of the converter is improved. A 300W prototype has been developed which validates the wide voltage-gain range of this converter using a variable low-voltage side (40V-100V) and to give a constant high-voltage side (300V). The maximum efficiency of the converter is 94.45% in step-down mode and 94.39% in step-up mode. The experimental results also validate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed topology.
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spelling nottingham-493882020-05-04T19:24:48Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49388/ A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources Zhang, Yun Gao, Yongpin Zhou, Lei Sumner, M. A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with a high step-up/step-down voltage gain is proposed for electric vehicles (EVs) with a hybrid energy source system (HESS). The converter presented has the advantages of being a simple circuit, a reduced number of components, a wide voltage-gain range, a low voltage stress, and a common ground. In addition, the synchronous rectifiers allow zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on and turn-off without requiring any extra hardware, and the efficiency of the converter is improved. A 300W prototype has been developed which validates the wide voltage-gain range of this converter using a variable low-voltage side (40V-100V) and to give a constant high-voltage side (300V). The maximum efficiency of the converter is 94.45% in step-down mode and 94.39% in step-up mode. The experimental results also validate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed topology. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018-01-01 Article PeerReviewed Zhang, Yun, Gao, Yongpin, Zhou, Lei and Sumner, M. (2018) A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, PP (99). ISSN 1941-0107 Bidirectional DC-DC converter EVs HESS Switched-capacitor Synchronous rectification Wide voltage-gain range http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8242681/ doi:10.1109/TPEL.2017.2788436 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2017.2788436
spellingShingle Bidirectional DC-DC converter
EVs
HESS
Switched-capacitor
Synchronous rectification
Wide voltage-gain range
Zhang, Yun
Gao, Yongpin
Zhou, Lei
Sumner, M.
A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
title A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
title_full A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
title_fullStr A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
title_full_unstemmed A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
title_short A switched-capacitor bidirectional DC-DC converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
title_sort switched-capacitor bidirectional dc-dc converter with wide voltage gain range for electric vehicles with hybrid energy sources
topic Bidirectional DC-DC converter
EVs
HESS
Switched-capacitor
Synchronous rectification
Wide voltage-gain range
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49388/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49388/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49388/