Magnetics design for a 2.5-kW battery charger

Author

Janghorban, Samira ; Teixeira, C. ; Holmes, D.G. ; McGoldrick, Patrick ; Xinghuo Yu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept. 28 2014-Oct. 1 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents an integrated design process that combines theoretical analysis and heuristic verification to develop the magnetic components of a commercial 2.5-kW bidirectional charging system for a vanadium flow battery. The design process aims to fulfill a rigid set of electrical, mechanical, and thermal requirements for the battery charger. The design has been verified using simulation and then experimental confirmation in the pre-production converter.

Keywords

battery chargers; secondary cells; vanadium; V; battery charger; bidirectional charging system; electrical requirements; heuristic verification; integrated design process; magnetic components; magnetics design; mechanical requirements; power 2.5 kW; thermal requirements; vanadium flow battery; Battery chargers; Conductors; Educational institutions; Inductors; Switches; Transformer cores; Windings; Bidirectional battery charger; intermediate switching frequency; magnetic design; power converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2014 Australasian Universities

Conference_Location

Perth, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUPEC.2014.6966634

Filename

6966634