Title: Advanced control of bidirectional three-phase BEV charger with V2X technology

Authors: Aziz Rachid; Hassan El Fadil; Abdellah Lassioui; Fouad Giri

Addresses: LGS Laboratory, ENSA, Ibn Tofail University, 14000, Kénitra, Morocco ' LGS Laboratory, ENSA, Ibn Tofail University, 14000, Kénitra, Morocco ' LGS Laboratory, ENSA, Ibn Tofail University, 14000, Kénitra, Morocco ' Normandie UNIV, UNICAEN, ENSICAEN, LAC, 14000, Caen, France

Abstract: In this paper, the control of a bidirectional three-phase BEV charger with vehicle-to-grid functionality is addressed. The charger structure is composed of two bidirectional power converters: a three-phase ac-dc converter and a dc-dc converter associated to an electric vehicle battery. The control objectives are the following: i) estimation of the battery SOC; ii) unity power factor during grid-to-vehicle (G2V); iii) adjusting the reactive power injected into the power grid during vehicle-to-grid (V2G); iv) dc-bus voltage regulation; and v) ensuring and safeguarding the battery charging and discharging process. To this end and based on the system modelling into dq coordinates, a nonlinear controller is designed. The fact is that the battery SOC is not accessible to measurement. Hence, a nonlinear observer is designed to estimate all state variables on the battery-side. The performances of the proposed controller are highlighted using theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, which clearly illustrate that all control objectives are achieved.

Keywords: bidirectional three-phase ac-dc converter; bidirectional half-bridge dc-dc converter; BEV charger; reactive power compensation; nonlinear output feedback control; nonlinear observer; V2X charger; V2G; G2V; unity power factor; dq transformation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2019.107479

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2019 Vol.33 No.4, pp.344 - 357

Received: 18 Jul 2019
Accepted: 16 Oct 2019

Published online: 29 May 2020 *

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