This topic is meant for discussion of a high power boost converter for electric vehicle use.
Right now two instances are proposed:
Achieve power factor correction of an AC supply, with the intent to charge high voltage DC Battery packs at high power levels and with great efficiency. At a later stage I plan to ramify this to a power factor buck converter for 144V battery packs.
Boost a given battery voltage to allow 144-400V Battery packs to power standard 415VAC insdustrial motors, with Paul's 3 phase motor controller. Such motors typically require a DC-LINK voltage in excess of 600V, which requires a very large battery pack and reduces reliability.
Things to discuss:
- Topology: Single phase, interleaved, continuous or discontinuous modes, frequency of operation
- Semiconductors: IGBT, mosfet SIC diodes
- Inductors: Anything suitable goes here!
- Power Hardware: DC-LINK design, pre-charging, IGBT drivers
- Software: related to microcontroller based devices