A Design of a High-Voltage On-board Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles

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Corressponding author's email:

phuclt@hcmute.edu.vn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54644/jte.2025.1461

Keywords:

DC – DC converter, Onboard Battery Charger, Pulse Width Modulation, Electric Vehicles, Discontinuous Conduction Mode

Abstract

This paper presents results on the design of an on-board battery charger (OBC) for electric vehicles. The role of the charger is to convert AC to DC power, then supply it to the high-voltage battery pack. The state space averaging method is used to model the DC/DC converter. The converter is operated at the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). This model is used as part of the design of an OBC with high voltage feedback. The OBC model can maintain high voltages in accordance with the requirements of today's battery packs in electric vehicles. The selected 100kHz is the operating frequency of the DC/DC converter. For the no-load test, the output voltage on the secondary winding after of rectification is maintained at 310V. The test results show that the electronic components work effectively under high voltage. The OBC model provides a continuous charging current to the battery pack used for testing motors in electric vehicles.

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Thanh Phuc Le, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Le Thanh Phuc received the B.E. degree in automotive engineering from Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Vietnam, in 2004 and the M.E. degree in automotive engineering from Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Vietnam, in 2007. He recieived PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Concordia University in Montreal Canada in 2013.

His research interest is on electric vehicles, vehicle dynamics, driver models and engine control. His published paper is related to controlling of electric motorbikes, impaired driver model, PWM technique applied on induction motor.

Email address: phuclt@hcmute.edu.vn. ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0272-099X

Quoc Viet Huynh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Huynh Quoc Viet was born in Vietnam. He received the B.E. degree in automotive engineering in 2002 and the M.E. degree in automotive engineering in 2005 from Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Vietnam. He is a teacher at faculty of vehicle and energy engineering at HCMUTE. His research interests include in engine technologies, engine management systems, hybrid and electric vehicles. He has published ralated to controlling of hybrid electric vehicle, extended electric vehicle and engine model simulation.

Email address: viethq@hcmute.edu.vn. ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4958-4039

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Published

28-05-2025

How to Cite

Lê Thanh Phúc, & Huỳnh Quốc Việt. (2025). A Design of a High-Voltage On-board Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles. Journal of Technical Education Science, 20(02(V), 89–97. https://doi.org/10.54644/jte.2025.1461

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