A cost effective high-performance smart battery charger for Off-road and neighborhood EVs

Author

Musavi, Fariborz ; Edington, Murray ; Eberle, Wilson ; Dunford, William

Author_Institution

Delta-Q Technol. Corp., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, a high performance two stage smart battery charger has been presented for the Off-road and neighborhood electric vehicles. The proposed charger has been analyzed and its performance characteristics are presented. The charger eliminates both low and high frequency current ripple on the battery, thus maximizing battery life without penalizing the volume of the charger. Experimental and simulation results of a prototype unit converting universal AC input to 58 V DC at 650 W, achieving a peak efficiency of 93.2% at 240 Vin are given to verify the proof of concept, and analytical work reported in this paper.

Keywords

battery chargers; electric vehicles; cost effective high-performance smart battery charger; neighborhood EV; off-road EV; performance characteristics; power 650 W; prototype unit converting universal; voltage 58 V; Batteries; Capacitors; Harmonic analysis; Inductors; Power generation; Prototypes; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1407-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1406-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITEC.2012.6243489

Filename

6243489