Low Harmonics Plug-in Home Charging Electric Vehicle Battery Charger Simulation Model of Zero Crossing

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Author: Arof S.; Mawby P.; Arof H.; Noorsal E.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85180358237&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f1261%2f1%2f012031&partnerID=40&md5=5051ef6a27b098492eb3a7ae36a1a485

Harmonic currents are high in conventional rectifiers. The previous work proposed a new battery charger circuit to reduce harmonics effect and improve total harmonic distortion (THD). The design and development of a home charging electric vehicle battery charger circuit should anticipate potential issues. For this reason, the proposed battery charger, buck chopper, and zero cross circuits must be simulated before real hardware implementation. Simulation and simulation models are needed to describe system behaviour because experimentation might be dangerous, expensive, and time-consuming. This paper describes a simulation model of a zero-crossing circuit and its control algorithm, that provide control signals to a five-level single phase Multi Level Rectifier (MLR)) to draw the MLR for a clean sinusoidal line current with low harmonics. The proposed circuit and the algorithms perform as expected when tested using MATLAB/Simulink and PROTEUS software. © 2023 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.