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Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles

E-mobility is an emerging means of transportation, mainly due to the environmental impact of petroleum-based fuel vehicles and oil prices' peak. However, electric vehicles face several challenges by the nature of technology. Consequently, electric vehicles have a limited travel range and are ex...

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Main Authors: Butt, Osama Majeed, Butt, Tallal Majeed, Ashfaq, Muhammad Husnain, Talha, Muhammad, Sheikh Raihan, Siti Rohani, Hussain, Muhammad Majid
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Published: MDPI 2022
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling my.um.eprints.419462023-10-17T02:40:03Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/41946/ Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles Butt, Osama Majeed Butt, Tallal Majeed Ashfaq, Muhammad Husnain Talha, Muhammad Sheikh Raihan, Siti Rohani Hussain, Muhammad Majid TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) E-mobility is an emerging means of transportation, mainly due to the environmental impact of petroleum-based fuel vehicles and oil prices' peak. However, electric vehicles face several challenges by the nature of technology. Consequently, electric vehicles have a limited travel range and are extremely heavy. In this research, an investigation is carried out on different measures to reduce the DC-link capacitor size in the drive train of an electric vehicle. The investigation is based on software simulations. The DC-link capacitor must be dimensioned with regards to relevant points of operation, which are defined by the rotation speed and torque of the motor as well as the available DC-link voltage. This also includes the field-oriented control (FOC). In order to optimally operate a three-phase inverter in the electric drive train, a suitable type and sizing of the capacitor was studied based on mathematical equations and simulations. Two measures were examined in this study: firstly, an auxiliary passive notch filter introduced in the electric drive train circuit is explored. Based on this measure, an advanced modulation scheme exploiting the control of individual currents within segmented windings of the PMSM is investigated in detail. It was seen that saw-tooth carrier modulation used in the parallel three-phase inverter is found to reduce DC-link capacitor size in the electric drive train circuit by 70%. MDPI 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed Butt, Osama Majeed and Butt, Tallal Majeed and Ashfaq, Muhammad Husnain and Talha, Muhammad and Sheikh Raihan, Siti Rohani and Hussain, Muhammad Majid (2022) Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles. Energies, 15 (12). ISSN 1996-1073, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/en15124499 <https://doi.org/10.3390/en15124499>. 10.3390/en15124499
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Butt, Osama Majeed
Butt, Tallal Majeed
Ashfaq, Muhammad Husnain
Talha, Muhammad
Sheikh Raihan, Siti Rohani
Hussain, Muhammad Majid
Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles
description E-mobility is an emerging means of transportation, mainly due to the environmental impact of petroleum-based fuel vehicles and oil prices' peak. However, electric vehicles face several challenges by the nature of technology. Consequently, electric vehicles have a limited travel range and are extremely heavy. In this research, an investigation is carried out on different measures to reduce the DC-link capacitor size in the drive train of an electric vehicle. The investigation is based on software simulations. The DC-link capacitor must be dimensioned with regards to relevant points of operation, which are defined by the rotation speed and torque of the motor as well as the available DC-link voltage. This also includes the field-oriented control (FOC). In order to optimally operate a three-phase inverter in the electric drive train, a suitable type and sizing of the capacitor was studied based on mathematical equations and simulations. Two measures were examined in this study: firstly, an auxiliary passive notch filter introduced in the electric drive train circuit is explored. Based on this measure, an advanced modulation scheme exploiting the control of individual currents within segmented windings of the PMSM is investigated in detail. It was seen that saw-tooth carrier modulation used in the parallel three-phase inverter is found to reduce DC-link capacitor size in the electric drive train circuit by 70%.
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author Butt, Osama Majeed
Butt, Tallal Majeed
Ashfaq, Muhammad Husnain
Talha, Muhammad
Sheikh Raihan, Siti Rohani
Hussain, Muhammad Majid
author_facet Butt, Osama Majeed
Butt, Tallal Majeed
Ashfaq, Muhammad Husnain
Talha, Muhammad
Sheikh Raihan, Siti Rohani
Hussain, Muhammad Majid
author_sort Butt, Osama Majeed
title Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles
title_short Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles
title_full Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles
title_fullStr Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles
title_full_unstemmed Simulative Study to Reduce DC-Link Capacitor of Drive Train for Electric Vehicles
title_sort simulative study to reduce dc-link capacitor of drive train for electric vehicles
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/41946/
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