3-Φ Bidirectional Buck-Boost Sinusoidal Input Current Three-Level SiC Y-Rectifier
Aiming for ever more compact and efficient Electric Vehicle (EV) battery chargers, in this paper a three-phase phase-modular buck-boost Three-Level Flying Capacitor Y-Rectifier (3L-FC-YR) is introduced. The unique circuit structure of the 3L-FC-YR requires time-varying flying capacitor voltages, mak...
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Published in | 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) pp. 590 - 598 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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14.06.2021
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Summary: | Aiming for ever more compact and efficient Electric Vehicle (EV) battery chargers, in this paper a three-phase phase-modular buck-boost Three-Level Flying Capacitor Y-Rectifier (3L-FC-YR) is introduced. The unique circuit structure of the 3L-FC-YR requires time-varying flying capacitor voltages, making the safe and performant operation of such a converter system challenging. Accordingly, a special clamping modulation strategy is proposed which assures equal blocking voltage distribution among the power semiconductors. Further, control strategies and protection circuitry for system startup or failure-mode handling are discussed, such that all practical aspects of the 3L-FC-YR are covered. The concept is verified by means of closed-loop circuit simulations and the resulting waveforms are presented. Finally, a Pareto comparison considering the efficiency and power density limits of the 3L-FC-YR and the standard 2L-YR is conducted considering an extremely wide DC output voltage range of 200 V to 920 V according to the DC CCS HPC350 EV charging standard. The results indicate a significantly higher performance of the 3L approach and/or the feasibility of a CISPR 11 Class A compliant 3L-FC-YR prototype with a peak efficiency of 98.5 % and power density of 19 kW/dm 3 (311 W/in 3 ). |
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ISSN: | 2470-6647 |
DOI: | 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487220 |