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Model Predictive Control of a PUC5-Based Dual-Output Electric Vehicle Battery Charger

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  • Hamza Makhamreh

    (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Özyeğin University, Istanbul 34794, Turkey)

  • Meryem Kanzari

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Australian University, P.O. Box 1411, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

  • Mohamed Trabelsi

    (Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha Area, 7th Ring Road, Safat 13133, Kuwait)

Abstract

In this study, a model predictive control (MPC) technique is applied to a packed-u-cell (PUC)-based dual-output bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) battery charger. The investigated topology is a 5-level PUC-based power factor correction (PFC) rectifier allowing the generation of two levels of DC output voltages. The optimization of the MPC cost function is performed by reducing the errors on the capacitors’ voltages (DC output voltages) and the grid (input) current. Moreover, the desired capacitors’ voltages and peak value of the input current are considered within the designed cost function to normalize the errors. In addition, an external PI controller is used to generate the amplitude of the grid current reference based on the computed errors on the capacitors’ voltages. The presented simulation and experimental results recorded using a 1 kW laboratory prototype demonstrate the high performance of the proposed approach in rectifying the AC source at different levels (dual rectifier), while drawing a sinusoidal current from the grid with low THD (around 4%) and ensuring a unity power factor operation.

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  • Hamza Makhamreh & Meryem Kanzari & Mohamed Trabelsi, 2023. "Model Predictive Control of a PUC5-Based Dual-Output Electric Vehicle Battery Charger," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:19:p:14483-:d:1253627
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