A Novel Integrated Topology to Interface Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energies with the Grid

Alfredo Alvarez-Diazcomas, Héctor López, Roberto V. Carrillo-Serrano, Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz, Nimrod Vázquez and Gilberto Herrera-Ruiz
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Alfredo Alvarez-Diazcomas: Electronics Engineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, 38010 Celaya, Mexico
Héctor López: Electronics Engineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, 38010 Celaya, Mexico
Roberto V. Carrillo-Serrano: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 76010 Queretaro, Mexico
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 76010 Queretaro, Mexico
Nimrod Vázquez: Electronics Engineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, 38010 Celaya, Mexico
Gilberto Herrera-Ruiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 76010 Queretaro, Mexico

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: Electric Vehicles (EVs) are an alternative to internal combustion engine cars to reduce the environmental impact of transportation. It is common to use several power sources to achieve the requirements of the electric motor. A proper power converter and an accurate control strategy need to be utilized to take advantage of the characteristics of every source. In this paper is presented a novel topology of a multiple-input bidirectional DC-DC power converter to interface two or more sources of energy with different voltage levels. Furthermore, it can be used as a buck or a boost in any of the possible conversion of energy. It is also possible to independently control the extracted power in each source and any combination of the elements of the system can be used as source and destiny for a transfer. Finally, the interaction with the grid is possible. The operation, analysis and design of the converter are presented with different modes of power transfer. Simulation results are shown where the theoretical analysis of the converter is validated.

Keywords: DC-DC/DC-AC power converter; electric vehicle; multi-input converter; sliding mode control; photovoltaic module; grid; renewable energies (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: 2019
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