Article ID: 17000897
This paper proposes a bi-directional isolated DC/DC converter for the battery charger and discharger of Electric Vehicle to reduce the power loss under light loads. The proposed DC/DC converter consists of two full-bridge inverters, an isolated transformer, and a boost reactor, and provides bi-directional transmission, buck-boost conversion, zero-voltage-switching and reactive power suppression. Two power semiconductors of the inverter in the rectification side are turned off to block a reactive current, which increases the power loss under light loads. The phase shift amount in the two full bridge inverters are controlled continuously and simultaneously seamless power transmission. The 400V–3.5kW experimental system exhibits stable bi-directional buck-boost conversion and seamless transition between the charging and discharging modes, while suppressing the reactive power. Moreover, the proposed DC/DC converter reduces power loss by 67.5W under light loads (240 W), compared with the conventional control.
