Robust Switching Control of DC-DC Boost Converter for EV Charging Stations

Abstract

In this work, the problem of switching control design for DC-DC boost converter is considered, in the case of operation under uncertain equilibrium condition arising due to perturbations in the input and load parameters. Assuming that these uncertain parameters are generated via a known linear exo-system, a parameter estimator is designed to update the equilibrium point for the switching controller in real-time. In order to mitigate the noise amplification problem associated with the designed parameter estimator, the estimation error injection term is filtered via a set of first-order filters to obtain the desired level of noise suppression in the final set of estimates. To demonstrate the efficiency of the developed scheme, a realistic application scenario of a DC charging station for electric vehicles is considered, with photovoltaic array as the source and a battery connected at the load side.