{"title":"Impact of Active Gate Drives on Switching Loss Reduction in Electric Vehicles","authors":"Zhiqian Chen, Qiao Zhang","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007083","url":null,"abstract":"In conventional Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor gate drives, switching loss compromises with voltage spikes during turn-off to prevent destroy of power devices. However, such a risk only exists in some worst cases, and at most times unnecessary. Active gate drive is an emerging technology to solve this trade-off between efficiency and reliability. This paper propose an optimal gate drive current according to the operating condition to minimize switching loss on power devices. A simple and generalized prediction method is used to evaluate its effectiveness. It has two verification tests and one simplified loss calculation model. By a vehicle simulator, it is possible to get the impact of the proposed strategy on loss reduction in standard driving cycles.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133821277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel Approach to Implement a Single-Stage Step Up/Down Inverter by Using Auxiliary Pumping Circuit","authors":"Ming-Ji Yang, Ching-Ming Lai","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007004","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel single-stage inverter with high step-up ratio and step-up/down capabilities. A forward-pumping circuit is integrated to the 262;uk-derived voltage source inverter (VSI) to achieve a much higher voltage conversion ratio, while avoiding the use of at larger duty ratio of dc-side switch and modulation index of inverter. The proposed inverter can operate oneself naturally to perform capacitive charging in parallel and discharging in series to give a higher voltage multiple, without increasing dc-side voltage stress and sacrificing ac output voltage step-up/down characteristics. Furthermore, one can adopt lower voltage rating devices to further reduce both switching and conduction losses of dc-side switch. The validity of the proposed inverter is be verified by means of some comprehensive results.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115448224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Modified Space Vector Modulation for Three-Phase Z-Source Integrated Charger","authors":"Qianfan Zhang, Tuopu Na, Weihan Li","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007001","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a modified space vector pulse- width modulation for three-phase z-source integrated charger. This method supplies more shoot-through time than traditional space vector pulse-width modulation for z-source rectifier. So the proposed method has a wider range of output voltage. Besides, when the output voltage is same, the voltage stress across the switches is lower using modified ZSVPWM than using traditional ZSVPWM, which will decrease switching power losses. This paper mainly analyses the method of modified ZSVPWM and computer simulations are used to verify the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114449399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Anseán, Manuela González, J. Viera, J. C. Alvarez, C. Blanco, V. García
{"title":"Electric Vehicle Li-Ion Battery Evaluation Based on Internal Resistance Analysis","authors":"D. Anseán, Manuela González, J. Viera, J. C. Alvarez, C. Blanco, V. García","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007058","url":null,"abstract":"Internal resistance (IR) is considered one of the most important parameters of a battery, as it is used to evaluate the battery's power performance, energy efficiency, aging mechanisms or equivalent circuit modeling. In addition, in electric vehicle (EV) applications, the IR provides essential information related with regenerative braking capabilities, dynamic charge and discharge efficiencies, or physical degradation of the battery. This work aims to provide the insight details of the IR of a battery under several testing conditions and methods, to present its practical implications on EVs. The experimental tests are carried out on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries ranging from 16 Ah to 100 Ah, suitable for its use in EVs. We study the IR dependency with battery's capacity, SOC and the charge/discharge rate; also, the convenience of using a certain IR measurement method is evaluated. Furthermore, the main results are put into context for practical EV applications, to enhance the design of battery management systems (BMS) in relation with the system's energy efficiency.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115083184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parametrisation of Operating Conditions in Cars in the On-Board Type Measurements of Pollution Emissions","authors":"J. Merkisz, J. Pielecha, Piotr Molik, M. Nowak","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007117","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the preliminary concept research to develop the test used in the measurement of emissions in real traffic conditions for passenger vehicles. Work based on the lack of legal solutions for determining the environmental performance of light vehicles - as opposed to heavy-duty vehicles for which such regulations have specified. The elaboration is to compare the emission test used in clinical approval of passenger cars, while the synthesis of the results obtained under different conditions road tests. The intention is to develop a test for assessing the ecological vehicle in real traffic conditions, where restrictions will only drive type (gasoline engine, diesel engine, hybrid vehicle), which is consistent with the requirements of the certification tests. The result should be the foundation for the development of the test in terms of: the duration, to determine the operating conditions and vehicle and proposals for emission limit values.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117300790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Pinto, J. Barreras, R. de Castro, E. Schaltz, S. J. Andreasen, Rui Esteves Araújo
{"title":"Influence of Li-Ion Battery Models in the Sizing of Hybrid Storage Systems with Supercapacitors","authors":"C. Pinto, J. Barreras, R. de Castro, E. Schaltz, S. J. Andreasen, Rui Esteves Araújo","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007090","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a comparative study of the influence of different aggregated electrical circuit battery models in the sizing process of a hybrid energy storage system (ESS), composed by Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors (SCs). The aim is to find the number of cells required to propel a certain vehicle over a predefined driving cycle. During this process, three battery models will be considered. The first consists in a linear static zeroeth order battery model over a restricted operating window. The second is a non-linear static model, while the third takes into account first- order dynamics of the battery. Simulation results demonstrate that the adoption of a more accurate battery model in the sizing of hybrid ESS's prevents over-sizing, leading to a reduction in the number of cells of up to 29%, and a cost decrease of up to 10%.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123640354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Convex Optimization for Auxiliary Energy Management in Conventional Vehicles","authors":"M. Nilsson, L. Johannesson","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007038","url":null,"abstract":"This submission deals with energy management of automotive ancillary systems, and how to find suitable control actions that can improve fuel economy compared to control laws that do not exploit the storage potential of energy buffers. The main focus lies on how to model components to fit within the framework of convex optimization. The resulting convex models allow the energy-management problem to be formulated as a second-order cone program. Higher levels of a control hierarchy deliver an estimate of optimal costates to a lower level, where the problem is repeatedly solved with the recently developed Embedded Conic Solver (ECOS). The control law is verified and compared with a “standard” control law in simulations.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125975018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Multi-Agent Based Energy Management System for Electric Vehicles","authors":"T. Isermann, S. Sester, A. Monti","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007002","url":null,"abstract":"Today's vehicles are much more than a simple transportation device. Additional functionality such as navigation, automatic parking, and distance control has fundamentally increased the vehicles technological complexity. All these new functionalities are supported by outdated energy, and information and communications technology (ICT) systems, based on a multitude of independent and complex systems controlled by several different management units. As these systems dominate in fuel-powered vehicles nowadays, they are adopted and used again in the newly developed electric vehicles (EV). With the background of building highly energy efficient future EVs, a new integrated approach for controlling these systems is introduced.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128503731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elodie Lechartier, R. Gouriveau, M. Péra, D. Hissel, N. Zerhouni
{"title":"Static and Dynamic Modeling of a PEMFC for Prognostics Purpose","authors":"Elodie Lechartier, R. Gouriveau, M. Péra, D. Hissel, N. Zerhouni","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007136","url":null,"abstract":"To face the global warming and the emission of greenhouse gases, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) seems to be an adapted solution. However, this technology is not yet completely ready for large scale market. As one of the hurdles, the life duration of PEMFC remains too limited [1]. To overcome this obstacle, the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) field seems to be interesting. Indeed, the main objective of PHM is the estimation of the time before the failure in order to make the good decisions at the right time for the system to ensure increased durability. The SAPPHIRE EU project aims at developing this field for PEMFC. In a first step, on the prognostics side, it is necessary to develop a way to reproduce the behavior of the stack. A physics-based model seems to be an appropriate way for simulating the behavior. The model developed in this paper [3] [4] is based on an equivalent circuit approach that takes into account low frequencies evolutions through a quasi-static part and fast ones through a dynamic part. This model is developed and validated in order to study its suitability for prognostics purpose.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127413388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of PWM Strategies on RMS Current of the DC-Link Voltage Capacitor of a Dual-Three Phase Drive","authors":"Najib Rouhana, É. Semail, Jean-Francois Duguey","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007085","url":null,"abstract":"The major drawback of usual dual three-phase AC machines, when supplied by a Voltage Source Inverter (VSI), is the occurrence of extra harmonic currents which circulate in the stator windings causing additional losses and constraints on the power component. This paper compares dedicated Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) strategies used for controlling a dual three-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous machine supplied by a six-leg VSI. Since the application is intended for low-voltage (48V) mild- hybrid automotive traction, an additional major constraint arises: the compactness of the drive related to the size of the DC-bus capacitor. Thus, the PWM strategy must be chosen by taking into consideration its impact on both, the motor and the RMS value of DC-bus current.","PeriodicalId":133160,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130615437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}