Current-Fed Bidirectional DC-DC Converter Topology for Wireless Charging System Electrical Vehicle Applications

• Published in: Wireless communications and mobile computing Vol. 2021; no. 1
• Main Authors: Subudhi, Partha Sarathi, Thilagaraj, M., Sundar Ganesh, C. S., Diwakaran, S., Naveen, P., Gurusamy, Saravanakumar, Pallikonda Rajasekaran, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Hindawi 2021; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Compensation; Current sharing; Efficiency; Electric bridges; Electric converters; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Manufacturing; Network topologies; Reactive power; Voltage converters (DC to DC); Voltage doublers; Wireless networks; Wireless power transmission
• ISSN: 1530-8669; 1530-8677
• DOI: 10.1155/2021/1144453

This paper compares the efficiency of a modified wireless power transfer (WPT) system with a current-fed dual-active half-bridge converter topology and a complete bridge converter topology for a current-fed resonate compensation network with current sharing and voltage doubler. Full-bridge topologies are widely used in current WPT structures. The C-C-L resonate compensation networks for dual-active half-bridge converter and full-bridge converter topologies are built in this paper on both the transmitter and receiver sides. Due to higher voltage stress around inverter switches, series-parallel (S-P) tanks are not recommended for current-fed topologies because they are not ideal for medium power applications. A series capacitor is connected to reduce the reactive power absorbed by the loosely coupled coil. As a consequence, the C-C-L network is used as a compensation network. Dual-active half-bridge topology is chosen over full-bridge topology due to the system’s component count and overall cost. Soft-switching of the devices is obtained for the load current. The entire system is modelled, and the effects are analysed using MATLAB simulation.