Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains

Christian A. Rojas; Ruben Gonzalez; Leonardo Callegaro; Hector Young

doi:10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589692

Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains

Christian A. Rojas, Ruben Gonzalez, Leonardo Callegaro, Hector Young

School of Engineering

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Abstract

One of current challenges in high-density electric vehicles (EVs) is the efficient thermal control of power converters and the reliable management of power flows in motoring/breaking mode for the battery bank. In this line, this paper presents an Active Thermal Control (ATC) scheme to regulate thermal stress in Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors (GaN HEMTs) devices of a three-level bidirectional buck-boost DC-DC converter (TLBBC) as a power interface between battery and motor inverter. The TLBBC is designed to operate at a rated power of 20 kW as part of a modular system, by using parallel GaN devices. Proposed control schemes are implemented using systematic linear control design. Finally, the system is simulated and tested for a Mission Profile-Oriented (MPO) based on Highway Fuel Economy Test (HWFET) in order to validate the proposed control schemes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665435543
ISBN (Print)	9781665402569
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589692
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021 - Toronto, Canada Duration: 13 Oct 2021 → 16 Oct 2021

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ISSN (Print)	1553-572X
ISSN (Electronic)	2577-1647

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Conference	47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	13/10/21 → 16/10/21

Keywords

Active Thermal Control (ATC)
DC-DC converter
Gallium Nitride (GaN)
Highway Fuel Economy Test (HWFET)
Mission Profile-Oriented (MPO)
Three-level buck-boost converter (TLBBC)
Voltage Balance Control (VBC)

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Rojas, C. A., Gonzalez, R., Callegaro, L., & Young, H. (2021). Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains. In IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589692

Rojas, Christian A. ; Gonzalez, Ruben ; Callegaro, Leonardo et al. / Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains. IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021.

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Rojas, CA, Gonzalez, R, Callegaro, L & Young, H 2021, Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains. in IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021, Toronto, Canada, 13/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589692

Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains. / Rojas, Christian A.; Gonzalez, Ruben; Callegaro, Leonardo et al.
IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021.

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Rojas CA, Gonzalez R, Callegaro L, Young H. Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains. In IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2021 doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589692

Mission profile-oriented active thermal control of a bidirectional three-level buck-boost GaN-based DC-DC converter for electric vehicles powertrains

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