This article proposes a bidirectional dual active bridge converter that enhances voltage range in electric vehicle and home energy applications, suggesting improved efficiency.
The wide voltage range of energy storage batteries, as currently required in the electric vehicle industry, presents significant challenges for the optimal design of the dual active bridge (DAB) converters used in bidirectional DC–DC (BCD) plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) chargers and home energy management systems (HEMS) applications. This article proposes a DAB converter with an enhanced single-phase-shift (ESPS) modulation that extends the operating voltage range while maintaining zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) conditions by including a DC-blocking capacitor and modifying the trigger sequence of the bridge converter on the secondary side. The operational modes of this modulation scheme are presented, and a control strategy is developed to extend the ZVS range. To validate the concept, a 3.7 kW, 100 kHz prototype is designed and tested, interfacing a 400 V DC bus with a 400–800 V battery. Using 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) devices, the prototype achieves a peak efficiency of 95.5%.
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