SiC MOSFET Based Single Phase Active Boost Rectifier with Power Factor Correction for Wireless Power Transfer Applications

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI ID:1126585

Onar, Omer C ^[1]; Tang, Lixin ^[1]; Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan ^[1]; Campbell, Steven L ^[1]; Miller, John M. ^[2]

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1. ORNL
2. JNJ-Miller PLC

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology is a novel research area in the charging technology that bridges the utility and the automotive industries. There are various solutions that are currently being evaluated by several research teams to find the most efficient way to manage the power flow from the grid to the vehicle energy storage system. There are different control parameters that can be utilized to compensate for the change in the impedance due to variable parameters such as battery state-of-charge, coupling factor, and coil misalignment. This paper presents the implementation of an active front-end rectifier on the grid side for power factor control and voltage boost capability for load power regulation. The proposed SiC MOSFET based single phase active front end rectifier with PFC resulted in >97% efficiency at 137mm air-gap and >95% efficiency at 160mm air-gap.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). National Transportation Research Center (NTRC); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Facility
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1126585
• Resource Relation: Conference: Applied Power Electronic Conference and Exposition, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 20140316, 20140320
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

WPT
wireless power transfer
wireless charging of EVs
electromagnetic resonance induction coupling
Silicon Carbide Inverter
power electronics packaging
power factor correction
active rectifier
front-end converter