Design and Development of Modified BL Luo Converter for PQ Improvement in EV Charger

Project Code :TEMAPS217

Objective

Main objective of this project is to improve the power quality by eliminating the input bridge and reducing the THD(Total harmonic distortion).

Abstract

In this project, the existing chargers for Electric Vehicles (EVs) use rugged nonlinear diode bridge rectifier to avail DC voltage at the input of DC-DC converter, here, we introduced a solution for serious power quality issues in the input AC current. These issues set the formidable need to improve the Power Quality (PQ) performance of existing battery chargers by eliminating the input bridge. 

This is achieved in this work, by the addition of an improved PQ based Bridgeless (BL) Luo converter. This PFC converter is the combination of two Luo converters, which operate independently in the respective half cycles, with common input inductor. The converter provides low cost and high-power density based EV charging solution as fewer number of components conduct over single switching cycle due to elimination of input diode bridge in the conventional PFC converter. 

The charger input current is made to follow the source voltage, exactly in phase and high input power factor is achieved. The performance of the proposed controller can be evaluated by using Matlab/Simulink software.

Keywords: Power Quality, Battery Charger, Electric Vehicle, Luo Converter.

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Specifications

Software Configuration:

Operating System :  Windows 7/8/10

Application Software :  Matlab/Simulink

Hardware Configuration:

RAM :  8 GB / 4 GB (Min)

Processor :  I3 / I5(Mostly prefer)

Learning Outcomes

  • Introduction to Matlab/Simulink
  • What is EISPACK & LINPACK
  • How to start with MATLAB
  • About Matlab language
  • About tools & libraries
  • Application of Matlab/Simulink
  • About Matlab desktop
  • Features of Matlab/Simulink
  • Basics on Matlab/Simulink
  • Types of transformation
  • Types of PWM
  • Introduction to converters
  • Introduction to PLL
  • Introduction to micro grid
  • Introduction to PI controllers
  • Introduction to IGBT
  • Introduction to steady state and dynamic state
  • Introduction to power quality
  • Introduction to Choppers
  • Introduction to Luo converter
  • Introduction to battery
  • Introduction to fly back converter
  • Introduction to BL Luo Converter
  • Introduction types of loads
  • Introduction to CCM and DCM
  • Introduction to CC and CV
  • Introduction to SOC
  • Project Development Skills:
    • Problem analyzing skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Creativity and imaginary skills
    • Programming skills
    • Deployment
    • Testing skills
    • Debugging skills
    • Project presentation skills
    • Thesis writing skills

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