A Tool for Evaluating the Performance of SiC-Based Bidirectional Battery Chargers for Automotive Applications

Giuseppe Aiello, Mario Cacciato, Francesco Gennaro, Santi Agatino Rizzo, Giuseppe Scarcella and Giacomo Scelba
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Giuseppe Aiello: STMicroelectronics, 95129 Catania, Italy
Mario Cacciato: Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy
Francesco Gennaro: STMicroelectronics, 95129 Catania, Italy
Santi Agatino Rizzo: Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy
Giuseppe Scarcella: Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy
Giacomo Scelba: Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-17

Abstract: In this paper, a procedure to simulate an electronic power converter for control design and optimization purposes is proposed. For the addressed application, the converter uses SiC-MOSFET technology in bidirectional battery chargers composed of two power stages. The first stage consists of a single-phase AC/DC power factor correction synchronous rectifier. The following stage is a DC/DC dual active bridge. The converter has been modulated using a phase-shift technique which is able to manage bidirectional power flows. The development of a model-based simulation approach is essential to simplify the different design phases. Moreover, it is also important for the final validation of the control algorithm. A suitable tool consisting of a system-level simulation environment has been adopted. The tool is based on a block diagram design method accomplished using the Simulink toolbox in MATLAB ™ .

Keywords: automotive; battery charger; circuit modelling; power electronics; SiC MOSFET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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