A novel economical single stage battery charger with power factor correction

Author

Mi, Ningliang ; Sasic, Boris ; Marshall, Jon ; Tomasiewicz, Steve

Author_Institution

Curtis Instruments Inc., NewYork, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

9-13 Feb. 2003

Firstpage

760

Abstract

A single stage AC-DC topology with power factor correction is proposed for battery charger applications. Desired features for battery charger such as low cost, fast charging, charge profile programmability, high efficiency and high reliability are fully achieved by means of proposed solution. Additionally, its multiphase operation configuration provides easy power scaling. The proposed approach is superior to conventional ferro-resonant regulation widely used for EV (electrical vehicle) charger applications. It is especially suitable to low cost and high power applications. The feasibility and practical value of the proposed approach are verified by the experimental results from a 1 kW product prototype.

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; lead acid batteries; power factor correction; 1 kW; EV; Pb; battery charger; charge profile programmability; electrical vehicle; fast battery charging; power application; power scaling; single stage AC-DC power factor correction; Acoustic noise; Batteries; Costs; Electrical equipment industry; Ferroresonance; Power factor correction; Power generation economics; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2003. APEC '03. Eighteenth Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7768-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2003.1179300

Filename

1179300