DocumentCode :
3481234
Title :
Electric and hybrid vehicle power electronics efficiency, testing and reliability
Author :
Drobnik, Joe ; Jain, Paril
Author_Institution :
Freescale Semicond., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
17-20 Nov. 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
12
Abstract :
System efficiency together with the reliability are the most critical factors in the design, characterization and operation of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. This paper summarizes those aspects from the system level down to the component details and shows practical methods for evaluation and improvement. This paper concentrates on a small to medium size personal vehicles in electric vehicle (EV) and parallel hybrid (HEV) configuration. Even though the main focus of the paper is the traction inverter, other critical high power EV and HEV building blocks such as a DC/DC and AC/DC on board charger are also characterized and discussed to certain depth. Some test methods for evaluation of the individual units and their components including extreme conditions such as heavy overload, short circuit and overvoltage are explored along with examples of experimental results on the prototype units.
Keywords :
AC-DC power convertors; DC-DC power convertors; hybrid electric vehicles; invertors; power system reliability; traction; AC-DC power converters; DC-DC power converters; board charger; electric vehicle; hybrid vehicle; medium size personal vehicles; parallel hybrid configuration; power electronics efficiency; power electronics reliability; power electronics testing; small size personal vehicles; traction inverter; Batteries; Hybrid electric vehicles; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Semiconductor diodes; Switches; EV power electronics; Efficiency; Reliability; Vehicle power electronics; list; traction inverter;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS27), 2013 World
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EVS.2013.6915002
Filename :
6915002
Link To Document :
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