Title :
Nonconventional on-board charger for electric vehicle propulsion batteries
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Rome Univ., Italy
fDate :
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electric vehicles (EVs) are needed in densely populated urban areas to reduce air pollution. Battery chargers are needed to supply DC voltage to charge the high-energy battery parks used in EVs. This paper deals with an on-board battery charger arrangement that is fully based on the use of the power components of the EV motor drive. Desired features for EV battery chargers such as minimum volume, low cost, high efficiency, and high reliability are fully matched by means of the proposed solution. The proposed on-board charger arrangement has been installed on an electric scooter prototype being developed for the Far East markets. Design analysis and experimental results of the on-board charger prototype are presented
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; electric vehicles; DC voltage; DC-DC converter; EV motor drive; Far East markets; air pollution reduction; densely populated urban areas; electric scooter prototype; electric vehicle propulsion batteries; high efficiency; high reliability; high-energy battery parks; low cost; minimum volume; nonconventional on-board battery charger; power components; Air pollution; Batteries; Costs; Electric vehicles; Motor drives; Motorcycles; Propulsion; Prototypes; Urban areas; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
