Title |
Control of the Bidirectional DC/DC Converter for a DC Distribution Power System in Electric Vehicles |
Authors |
장한솔(Chang, Han-Sol) ; 이준민(Lee, Joon-Min) ; 김춘택(Kim, Choon-Tack) ; 나재두(La, Jae-Du) ; 김영석(Kim, Young-Seok) |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2013.62.7.943 |
Keywords |
Electric vehicle ; DC distribution power system ; Bidirectional DC/DC converter ; Voltage bus conditioner ; Constant power load ; Negative impedance ; Parallel pulsed power loads |
Abstract |
Recently, an electric vehicle (EV) has been become a huge issue in the automotive industry. The EV has many electrical units: electric motors, batteries, converters, etc. The DC distribution power system (DPS) is essential for the EV. The DC DPS offers many advantages. However, multiple loads in the DC DPS may affect the severe instability on the DC bus voltage. Therefore, a voltage bus conditioner (VBC) may use the DC DPS. The VBC is used to mitigate the voltage transient on the bus. Thus, a suitable control technique should be selected for the VBC. In this research, Current controller with fixed switching frequency is designed and applied for the VBC. The DC DPS consist of both a resistor load and a boost converter load. The load variations cause the instability of the DC DPS. This instability is mitigated by the VBC. The simulation results by Matlab simulink and experimental results are presented for validating the proposed VBC and designed control technique. |