A High Power Density Integrated Charger for Electric Vehicles with Active Ripple Compensation

Abstract EN

This paper suggests a high power density on-board integrated charger with active ripple compensation circuit for electric vehicles.

To obtain a high power density and high efficiency, silicon carbide devices are reported to meet the requirement of high-switching-frequency operation.

An integrated bidirectional converter is proposed to function as AC/DC battery charger and to transfer energy between battery pack and motor drive of the traction system.

In addition, the conventional H-bridge circuit suffers from ripple power pulsating at second-order line frequency, and a scheme of active ripple compensation circuit has been explored to solve this second-order ripple problem, in which a pair of power switches shared traction mode, a ripple energy storage capacitor, and an energy transfer inductor.

Simulation results in MATLAB/Simulink validated the eligibility of the proposed topology.

The integrated charger can work as a 70 kW motor drive circuit or a converter with an active ripple compensation circuit for 3 kW charging the battery.

The impact of the proposed topology and control strategy on the integrated charger power losses, efficiency, power density, and thermal performance has also been analysed and simulated.