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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.4.150

A Study on Joule Heating Simulation Method to Prevent Sensitivity Current Trip of Electric Vehicle Charger  

Lee, Beoung-Kug (GNTEL Corporation)
Eo, Ik-soo (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Honam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.4, 2021 , pp. 150-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to prevent inconvenience to electric vehicle users caused by an interruption of charging by the earth leakage breaker trip that occurs during charging. As a field case study, it was confirmed that during the battery charger failure type, leakage current measurement experiment by vehicle type, and leakage current breaker operation experiment, the internal temperature of the charger rose to more than 60 ℃ in summer, and the earth leakage circuit breaker stopped charging by tripping at 80% of the rated sensitivity current. Through Joule heating modeling, 32A is energized at the reference temperature of 30 ℃ at the initial time t=0 (s). After t=3000 (s), the heat generated around the charging part of the earth leakage breaker increased to 32.4 ℃. The temperature and time factors correlated with the amount of heat generated according to the statistical verification tool with a correlation coefficient of 0.97. Overall, it is possible to prevent the leakage breaker sensitivity current trip due to an increase in temperature inside the charger in summer by performing a Joule heating simulation according to the material of the charging case, the arrangement of the internal wiring, and the dielectric medium when developing the charger device.
Keywords
Leakage breaker; Leakage current; Joule Heating; Electric Vehicle Charger; Internal temperature;
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