Efficiency assessment of modular multilevel converters for battery electric vehicles

Mahran Quraan; Pietro Tricoli; Salvatore D'Arco; Luigi Piegari

doi:10.1109/TPEL.2016.2557579

Efficiency assessment of modular multilevel converters for battery electric vehicles

Mahran Quraan, Pietro Tricoli, Salvatore D'Arco, Luigi Piegari

Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

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This paper evaluates the performance of modular multilevel converters with integrated battery cells when used as traction drives for battery electric vehicles. In this topology, individual battery cells are connected to the dc-link of the converter submodules, allowing the highest flexibility for the discharge and recharge. The traditional battery management system of battery electric vehicles is replaced by the control of the converter, which individually balances all the cells. The performance of the converter as a traction drive is assessed in terms of torque-speed characteristic and power loss for the full frequency range, including field weakening. Conduction and switching losses for the modular multilevel converter are calculated using a simplified model, based on the data sheet of power devices. The performance of the modular multilevel converter is then compared with a traditional two-level converter. The loss model of the modular multilevel converter is finally validated by experimental tests on a small-scale prototype of traction drive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2041 - 2051
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume	32
Issue number	3
Early online date	21 Apr 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2016.2557579
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

Battery electric vehicles
conduction losses
modular multilevel converters
state of charge balancing
switching losses
traction drives

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