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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2014.9.5.1602

Design and Control of an Optimized Battery Charger for an xEV Based on Photovoltaic Power Systems  

Kim, Dong-Hee (School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkawn Univ.)
Cheo, Gyu-Yeong (Electric-Power Conversion System Engineering Design Team, Hyundai-Kia Motor Company)
Lee, Byoung-Kuk (School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkawn Univ.)
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Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology / v.9, no.5, 2014 , pp. 1602-1613 More about this Journal
Abstract
The continuous growth of electric vehicles has caused electric power shortages in conventional utilities owing to the charging of electric-vehicle batteries. In order to increase the capacity of these utilities, photovoltaic systems may be an appropriate solution because of their benefits. However, a large amount of loss is generated in a conventional charging structure using photovoltaic sources owing to the many power conversion processes. This paper describes a simple integrated battery charger that utilizes a PV generation system. Moreover, the system control algorithm is deduced by analyzing the operation modes in order to control the proposed integrated system. The proposed system and algorithm are verified by a 3.3-kW prototype, resulting in an increase in the efficiency of approximately 7% to 15% compared with the conventional system. And, to examine the feasibility of the proposed system, the simulation for multi-charger with various conditions are progressed.
Keywords
Battery charger; Control algorithm; Electric vehicles; Photovoltaic (PV) generation system; System integration;
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