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Design of an 11kW DC-DC Resonant Converter for EV Charging with a 150-1000V Output Voltage Range

Authors
  • Oude Aarninkhof, Bram (author)
Publication Date
Aug 30, 2021
Source
TU Delft Repository
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English
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Abstract

The worldwide adoption of Electric Vehicles (EV) has gained momentum in recent years, with more than 30% of all EVs being sold last year. Additionally, a new trend of 800 V battery architectures has appeared to allow for faster charging than the now common 400 V architectures. Future proof charging topologies should, therefore, be able to provide a wide output voltage range. This study investigates how DC-DC resonant power converters can be employed to achieve a wide output voltage range of 150-1000 V for EV charging. After the literature study, a two-stage topology consisting of a LLC converter and Interleaved TCM Buck converter is selected for this purpose. Additionally, the competitiveness of an IGBT based solution is examined in comparison with a SiC MOSFET based solution. An analytical model is created in MATLAB and verified using LTSpice, after which different configurations of the 11kW two-stage converter are compared analytically. This comparison is performed by developing a method to assess the efficiency of a converter based on real-world Charging cycles. A trade-off is made between efficiency and costs. In the end, one stage is equipped with IGBTs in the final design. After this, a PCB is designed and used to implement the prototype of the final design. The analytical and simulation models are verified experimentally using the prototype. The maximum measured efficiency of the converter is 97.66%, with a 95+% efficiency over the complete 150-1000 V range at full power. The obtained efficiency for the 11 kW-400 V Charging cycle is 96.85% and 95.67% for the 11 kW-800 V Charging cycle. The proposed converter in this study thus proves to be a highly efficient charging solution that is capable of charging existing, and future Electric Vehicles.<br/> / Electrical Engineering

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