Charging Strategy for Battery Electric Vehicles with a Battery Modular Multilevel Management (BM3) Converter System using a PR controller
Paper in proceeding, 2021

Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) with integrated battery packs have been proven to be a viable option for various electric power applications. In novel applications, fully charged battery packs are used to form flexible output voltage waveforms. Nonetheless, the charging of the batteries after the actual usage has previously not been described for MMC based inverters with integrated battery packs. This paper presents an approach of power grid compliant electric vehicle battery charging for Battery Modular Multilevel Management (BM3) converter systems with three-switch modules using a PR controller when directly connected to the AC grid. By using such a system, the conventional battery electric vehicle's on-board charger and any additional battery balancing circuitry become obsolete. It is demonstrated, that the analyzed approach is able to charge the battery modules with a current total harmonic distortion of less than 5% at any charging power level without the usage of a dedicated grid filter. Furthermore, the power factor angle can be freely adjusted.

Power quality

Modular multilevel converter

Total harmonic distortion

Battery electric vehicle

Battery management system

System integration

Power factor correction

Single phase system

Charging infrastructure for EV's

PR controller

Converter control

Author

Johannes Buberger

Bundeswehr University Munich

Anton Kersten

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Manuel Kuder

Bundeswehr University Munich

Arthur Singer

STABL Energy GmbH

Ali Mashayekh

Bundeswehr University Munich

Julian Estaller

Bundeswehr University Munich

Torbjörn Thiringer

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Richard Eckerle

Bundeswehr University Munich

Thomas Weyh

Bundeswehr University Munich

2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2021 ECCE Europe


9789075815375 (ISBN)

23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2021 ECCE Europe
Ghent, Belgium,

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