• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 2013

This research paper describes the development of battery charger with a variable output voltage capacity for charging the batteries used in electrical vehicles. The voltage and current accordingly is control via the buck converter that receives three phase current at primary side and fed to bridge rectifier which is comprised of full bridge converter and HFTR(High Frequency Transformer) for isolation and a square wave AC output. The transformer primary side is in series to divide certain charging current and the secondary side is comprised of six fix transformers so that they can generate certain amount of power and various output voltage through relay connection using 6 DC outputs. Moreover, all parallel connected full bridge serial resonant converter communicate together with upper(main) controller. The constructed structure is verified by conducting the test on PSIM as well as experimentally.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.25 no.4_1
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• pp.493-504
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• 2022

Recently, as interest in eco-friendliness grows, the supply of hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles (EVs) for improving fuel efficiency of automobiles is rapidly expanding. The average daily energy consumption of electric vehicles is less than 20 [%] of the total ESS capacity of the vehicle, and research on additional functions using the ESS of the vehicle is urgently needed to expand the supply of electric vehicles. V2H(Vehicle to Home), like V2G(Vehicle to Grid), includes the concept of cooperating with system stabilization using ESS of electric vehicles. In addition, it includes various operations that can realize home welfare, such as uninterrupted power supply in case of power outage at home, and power supply for home DC devices. Therefore, in order to expand the supply of eco-friendly electric vehicles, it is urgently required to develop a V2H system with various functions that can realize home welfare. In this paper, we propose a V2H system with a CLLC resonant converter and a non-isolated step-up converter that can solve different impedance and resonant frequencies depending on the power transfer direction. The proposed V2H system is 6 [kVA] applicable to 150-450 [V], the voltage range that can use the ESS voltage for electric vehicles, and is designed with a capacity that can handle instantaneous electricity use at home. In addition, in order to verify the feasibility, an experiment by Psim simulation and prototype production was performed.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.2
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• pp.328-338
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• 2017

In this paper, a zero torque control scheme adopting current sharing function (CSF) used in integrated Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive with DC battery charger is proposed. The proposed control scheme is able to achieve the keeping position (KP), zero torque (ZT) and power factor correction (PFC) at the same time with a simple novel current sharing function algorithm. The proposed CSF makes the proper reference for each phase windings of SRM to satisfy the total charging current of the battery with zero torque output to hold still position with power factor correction, and the copper loss minimization during of battery charging is also achieved during this process. Based on these, CSFs can be used without any recalculation of the optimal current at every sampling time. In this proposed integrated battery charger system, the cost effective, volume and weight reduction and power enlargement is realized by function multiplexing of the motor winding and asymmetric SR converter. By using the phase winding as large inductors for charging process, and taking the asymmetric SR converter as an interleaved converter with boost mode operation, the EV can be charged effectively and successfully with minimum integral system. In this integral system, there is a position sliding mode controller used to overcome any uncertainty such as mutual inductance or DC offset current sensor. Power factor correction and voltage adaption are obtained with three-phase buck type converter (or current source rectifier) that is cascaded with conventional SRM, one for wide input and output voltage range. The practicability is validated by the simulation and experimental results by using a laboratory 3-hp SRM setup based on TI TMS320F28335 platform.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.26-36
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• 2013

This paper presents a simple and cost-effective stand-alone rapid battery charging system of 30kW for electric vehicles. The proposed system mainly consists of active front-end rectifier of neutral point clamped 3-level type and non-isolated bi-directional dc-dc converter of multi-phase interleaved half-bridge topology. The charging system is designed to operate for both lithium-polymer and lithium-ion batteries. The complete charging sequence is made up of three sub-interval operating modes; pre-charge mode, constant-current mode, and constant-voltage mode. The pre-charge mode employs the stair-case shaped current profile to accomplish shorter charging time while maintaining the reliable operation of the battery. The proposed system is specified to reach the full-charge state within less than 16min for the battery capacity of 8kWh by supplying the charging current of 78A. Owing to the simple and compact power conversion scheme, the proposed solution has superior module-friendly mechanical structure which is absolutely required to realize flexible power expansion capability in a very high-current rapid charging system.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2020

Integrated bidirectional OBC/LDC was developed to reduce the volume for elements, avoid space restriction, and increase efficiency in EV vehicles. In this study, a DC-DC converter in integrated OBC/LDC circuits was composed of an SRC circuit with a stable output voltage relative to an LLC circuit using a theoretical method and simulation. The resonant network of the selected circuit was optimized to minimize the power loss and element volume under constraints for the buck converter and the battery charging range. Moreover, the validity of the optimal model was verified through an analysis using a theoretical method and a numerical analysis based on power loss at the optimized resonant frequency.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.348-349
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• 2019

본 논문은 전기자동차용 8.1kW/L의 높은 전력밀도를 갖는 저전압 DC-DC 컨버터(Low-voltage DC-DC converter, LDC)의 설계 방법을 제안한다. 넓은 전압범위에서 높은 전력밀도를 성취하기 위해 위상천이 풀-브릿지(Phase Shift Full-Bridge, PSFB) 컨버터의 2차측 토폴로지 후보군의 비교를 통해 전류-더블러 토폴로지로 토폴로지가 선정되었다. 또한 자속 상쇄 기법이 적용된 매트릭스 변압기를 적용한 PSFB 컨버터와 냉각기의 구조설계를 통해 8.1kW/L의 전력밀도를 달성하였으며 1.8kW 시작품을 제작하여 성능을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.68-70
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• 2019

본 논문은 8.1kW/L($132W/in^3$)의 전력밀도를 갖는 전기자동차(xEV)용 저전압 배터리 충전기(Low voltage DC-DC converter, LDC)를 위한 절연형 DC-DC컨버터의 설계 방법을 제안한다. 전체 부피 중 가장 큰 비중을 차지하는 자성체의 부피를 줄이기 위해 GaN소자를 채택하여 700kHz의 스위칭 주파수를 적용하였으며, GaN 스위치를 고주파에서 원활히 동작시키기 위한 게이트 드라이버를 직접 제작하였다. 또한 자속 상쇄 개념이 적용된 매트릭스 평면 변압기를 설계하여 적용함으로써 변압기의 부피를 크게 줄일 수 있었고, 8.1kW/L의 전력밀도를 달성하였다. 본 논문에서는 후보 토폴로지들의 비교를 통해 고 전력 밀도에 가장 적합한 토폴로지를 선정하였으며, 자속 상쇄 기법이 적용된 매트릭스 평면 변압기의 설계방법을 제안하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.228-236
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• 2022

The charging methods of electric vehicles are divided into wired charging and wireless charging. Restrictions on the use of charging infrastructure for wireless charging vehicles currently exist because most charging infrastructure uses the wired charging method. Thus, wired and wireless integrated charging system has been studied. In this system, a wireless charging system especially requires a control method for high-efficiency operation in consideration of a change in a coupling coefficient. Therefore, this paper introduces two control methods for the high-efficiency operation of wireless charging that can be applied to wired and wireless integrated charging systems. In addition, loss analysis is performed through PSIM simulation to select a more advantageous method for high-efficiency operation among the two control methods. To verify the simulation-based loss analysis result, the two control methods are applied to the actual wireless charging system, and the efficiency is compared through the experiments Based on the experimental results, a control method suitable for high-efficiency operation of the wireless charging method is selected.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.197-198
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 전기자동차용 충전기를 위한 단일단 소프트스위칭 AC-DC 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안하는 컨버터는 두 대의 인터리빙 컨버터에 저손실 스위칭기법을 적용하여 변압기의 저주파 성분을 제거하여 코어부피를 최적화할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 스위치의 도통손실 및 스위칭 손실을 감소시킬 수 있다. 또한 배터리에 저주파 리플이 허용되는 경우에는 필름 커패시터만을 사용하여 정현파 충전을 함으로써 시스템의 높은 내구성 및 소형화를 달성 할 수 있다. 3.3kW급 시작품을 통해 본 논문의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.223-224
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• 2016

본 논문은 상용급 전기버스의 24 V 전장전력공급장치로써 고전압배터리부터 저전압으로 변성하는 전력변환장치인 저전압 직류변환장치 (Low Voltage DC/DC Converter : LDC) 개발에 관하여 기술한다. 제안하는 LDC는 효율을 높이기 위해 트랜스포머 1차 측 위상천이 전브리지 스위칭 소자에 SiC MOSFET을 사용하고, 2차 측에 동기정류방식을 적용하였다. 고효율 성능을 검증하기 위해 시작품을 제작하고 시험을 통해 3 kW 97% 이상의 고효율, 고출력, 고밀도의 특성을 확인하였다.