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New variant of electric vehicle

11/01/2006 9:28 AM

I want to discuss an advantage of usage of boost converter with continuous output current (or Continuous Current Mode boost converter) in electric vehicle.

For a more detailed information about CCM boost converter please visit http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/3135/New-boost-converter-with-continuous-output-current

A simplified circuit is shown in fig.1:

For example, a maximal car velosity is 150 km/h.

In the range of 0 -100 km/h CCM bost converter does not work, and PWM inverter creates a frequency and amplitude of phases are needed.

In the range of 100-150 km/h PWM inverter creates a frequency with maximal duty factor, but CCM boost converter creates a voltage amplitude of phases.

As a result we have a good matching a 48V battery with a 72V AC motor in the most useful range of 0 – 100 km/h in the town.

What do you think about it?

Sorry for my poor English.

Krass.

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Re: New variant of electric vehicle

11/02/2006 9:09 AM

Its a very good circuit. Do you have any product made by the circuit. We are interested in it.
Now I have a question to ask, hope to get your explanation.
In the original boost circuit, we can obtain a duty greater than 50%. but in your circuit, it has to be less than it. because its positive active transformer.
I try to modify it to left circuit as shown B. We can reduce one transformer with a mutual inductor. or say, reduce an inductor. it seems equal to your circuit?
Is it right?

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Re: New variant of electric vehicle

11/02/2006 10:03 AM

Circuit B is better than A because in circuit A, the left side of the transformer has no free-wheeling diode, which will place a large amount of voltage across the transistor, breaking it.

You need another diode in circuit A. Circuit B is fine the way it is.

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Re: New variant of electric vehicle

11/03/2006 7:54 AM

Hello, cnpower.

Your circuit is a standart pusp-pull converter without one switch. It does not works as current generator.

To estimate the overall performance of the invented boost converter, the prototypes of the conventional boost converter and the boost converter with a continuous output current have been constructed.

Both prototypes were investigated under the following conditions: input source V1 voltage is 50V, output voltage VR1 is 72V, load R1 resistance is 3 Ohm, inductor L1 inductance is 100µH, output capacitor C1 capacitance is 10.000µF.

Current measurement was performed by LEM of the CLN-50 type with t = 3µs.

Fig. 1 shows experimental waveforms of output current Iout and output voltage ripples in the conventional boost converter and in the invented CCM boost converter, both working at frequency of 25kHz.

One can see that the output current in the invented CCM boost converter is continuous. The ripples of the output voltage and the ripples of the output current in the invented CCM boost converter are reduced many times compared to conventional boost converter.

a)

b)

Fig. 1. Output current (20A/div., lower trace) and output voltage ripples (2V/div., upper trace) waveforms in the conventional boost converter (a) and in the invented CCM boost converter (b)

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