Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application

A DC-to-DC converter has been designed to control the speed of a DC motor for electric vehicle application. The power circuit of the converter consists of transistorised power switches (IGBTs) to step-down the voltage to the level required by the speed and load demand. The series shunt resistor...

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Main Author: Radwan, Eyad Moh'd
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1998
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10190/1/FK_1998_11_A.pdf
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description A DC-to-DC converter has been designed to control the speed of a DC motor for electric vehicle application. The power circuit of the converter consists of transistorised power switches (IGBTs) to step-down the voltage to the level required by the speed and load demand. The series shunt resistor method is used to control the current and keep it below the maximum rate of the power transistors and the motor especially at the starting point. The transistor gate drive circuit was designed to provide the maximum isolation between the power and the control circuits. A controller chip originally used to control a three phase brushless DC motor is programmed and modified to control a brushed DC motor. This controller chip provides the pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal in order to drive the power switches at fixed frequency and variable duty cycle. More over using this chip a control over the current flow through the power circuit could be achieved, this will protect the circuit from any faulty conditions taking the benefit of Cycle-by-Cycle current detection.
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spelling upm.eprints-101902011-03-14T01:46:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10190/ Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application Radwan, Eyad Moh'd A DC-to-DC converter has been designed to control the speed of a DC motor for electric vehicle application. The power circuit of the converter consists of transistorised power switches (IGBTs) to step-down the voltage to the level required by the speed and load demand. The series shunt resistor method is used to control the current and keep it below the maximum rate of the power transistors and the motor especially at the starting point. The transistor gate drive circuit was designed to provide the maximum isolation between the power and the control circuits. A controller chip originally used to control a three phase brushless DC motor is programmed and modified to control a brushed DC motor. This controller chip provides the pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal in order to drive the power switches at fixed frequency and variable duty cycle. More over using this chip a control over the current flow through the power circuit could be achieved, this will protect the circuit from any faulty conditions taking the benefit of Cycle-by-Cycle current detection. 1998-10 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10190/1/FK_1998_11_A.pdf Radwan, Eyad Moh'd (1998) Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. DC-to-DC converters - Electric vehicles - Case studies English
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Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application
title Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application
title_full Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application
title_fullStr Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application
title_full_unstemmed Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application
title_short Design and Construction of a DC-to-DC Converter for Electric Vehicle Application
title_sort design and construction of a dc to dc converter for electric vehicle application
topic DC-to-DC converters - Electric vehicles - Case studies
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