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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Composite DC-DC Converter Based on the Versatile Buck-Boost Topology for Electric Vehicle Applications.

Catalina González-Castaño, Carlos Restrepo, Freddy Flores-Bahamonde, Jose Rodriguez

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Catalina González-CastañoDepartment of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7500971, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7205-9907
Carlos RestrepoDepartment of Electromechanics and Energy Conversion, Universidad de Talca, Curicó 3340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-5176-7434
Freddy Flores-BahamondeDepartment of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7500971, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5043-1077
Jose RodriguezDepartment of Engineering, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago 8420524, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1410-4121

Funding

ANID 1210208ANID FB0008ANID/FONDECYT 3220126CONICYT/FONDAP 15110019FONDECYT 1191680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The composite converter allows integrating the high-efficiency converter modules to achieve superior efficiency performance, becoming a prominent solution for electric transport power conversion. In this work, the versatile buck-boost dc-dc converter is proposed to be integrated into an electric vehicle composite architecture that requires a wide voltage range in the dc link to improve the electric motor efficiency. The inductor core of this versatile buck-boost converter has been redesigned for high voltage applications. The versatile buck-boost converter module of the composite architecture is in charge of the control stage. It provides a dc bus voltage regulation at a wide voltage operation range, which requires step-up (boost) and step-down (buck) operating modes. The PLECS thermal simulation of the composite architecture shows a superior power conversion efficiency of the proposed topology over the well-known classical noninverting buck-boost converter under the same operating conditions. The obtained results have been validated via experimental efficiency measures and experimental transient responses of the versatile buck-boost converter. Finally, a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) real-time simulation system of a 4.4 kW powertrain is presented using a PLECS RT Box 1 device. The HIL simulation results verified the accuracy of the theoretical analysis and the effectiveness of the proposed architecture.

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ElectricityElectric Power SuppliesComputer Simulationdc–dc power convertersdigital controlelectric vehicles

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PMID35891089
PMCPMC9320455

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