Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control

The deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) protects the environment by reducing carbon emissions. Since plugged-in EVs require energy from the power grid to charge their batteries, the charger component is inevitable. With the appropriate control, additional functions can be achieved with the existin...

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Main Authors: Yong, Jia Ying, Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K., Tan, Kang Miao, Selvaraj, Jeyraj
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https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2016.2617400
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spelling my.um.eprints.202632019-02-12T02:42:20Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20263/ Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control Yong, Jia Ying Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K. Tan, Kang Miao Selvaraj, Jeyraj TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) protects the environment by reducing carbon emissions. Since plugged-in EVs require energy from the power grid to charge their batteries, the charger component is inevitable. With the appropriate control, additional functions can be achieved with the existing charger's converter topology. This paper discussed the implementation of a new control strategy in a three-phase off-board EV charger, which provided grid voltage regulation while charging the vehicle. The vehicle charging control (P-control) and grid voltage regulation control (V-control) were implemented in the back-end DC/DC converter and front-end AC/DC converter of the charger, respectively. The proposed P-control utilized the constant current/reduced constant current charging approach to rapidly charge the battery while alleviating battery deterioration. Meanwhile, the proposed V-control had the capability to regulate the grid voltage and DC-link voltage during the EV charging process. Besides the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation, experimental testing was performed on a 2 kVA laboratory EV charger to validate the control performance. While complying with the harmonic standards, the experimental results showed that the charger prototype effectively regulated the grid voltage to the pre-charge voltage while maintaining the DC-link voltage at 150 V during various charging currents of up to 5 A. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018 Article PeerReviewed Yong, Jia Ying and Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K. and Tan, Kang Miao and Selvaraj, Jeyraj (2018) Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 9 (4). pp. 2703-2713. ISSN 1949-3053 https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2016.2617400 doi:10.1109/TSG.2016.2617400
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Yong, Jia Ying
Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K.
Tan, Kang Miao
Selvaraj, Jeyraj
Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control
description The deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) protects the environment by reducing carbon emissions. Since plugged-in EVs require energy from the power grid to charge their batteries, the charger component is inevitable. With the appropriate control, additional functions can be achieved with the existing charger's converter topology. This paper discussed the implementation of a new control strategy in a three-phase off-board EV charger, which provided grid voltage regulation while charging the vehicle. The vehicle charging control (P-control) and grid voltage regulation control (V-control) were implemented in the back-end DC/DC converter and front-end AC/DC converter of the charger, respectively. The proposed P-control utilized the constant current/reduced constant current charging approach to rapidly charge the battery while alleviating battery deterioration. Meanwhile, the proposed V-control had the capability to regulate the grid voltage and DC-link voltage during the EV charging process. Besides the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation, experimental testing was performed on a 2 kVA laboratory EV charger to validate the control performance. While complying with the harmonic standards, the experimental results showed that the charger prototype effectively regulated the grid voltage to the pre-charge voltage while maintaining the DC-link voltage at 150 V during various charging currents of up to 5 A.
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author Yong, Jia Ying
Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K.
Tan, Kang Miao
Selvaraj, Jeyraj
author_facet Yong, Jia Ying
Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K.
Tan, Kang Miao
Selvaraj, Jeyraj
author_sort Yong, Jia Ying
title Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control
title_short Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control
title_full Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control
title_fullStr Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Validation of a Three-Phase Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger With New Power Grid Voltage Control
title_sort experimental validation of a three-phase off-board electric vehicle charger with new power grid voltage control
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/20263/
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2016.2617400
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