This book explains the basic and advanced technology behind the Power Electronics Converters for EV charging, and their important developments, and introduces the Grid Impact issues that underpin the grid integration of electric vehicles. Advanced Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles reviews state-of-the-art and new configurations and concepts of more electric vehicles and EV charging, mitigating impact of EV charging on power grid, and technical considerations of EV charging infrastructures.
The book considers the environmental benefits and advantages of electric vehicles and their component devices. It includes case studies of different power electronic converters used for charging EVs. It offers review of PFC based AC chargers, WBG based chargers, and Wireless Charges. The authors also explore multistage charging systems and their possible implementations. The book also examines the challenges and opportunities posed by the progressive integration of electric drive vehicles on the power grid and reported solutions for their mitigation.
The book is intended for professionals, researchers, and engineers in the electric vehicle industry as well as advanced students in electrical engineering who benefit from this comprehensive coverage of electric vehicle technology. Readers can get an in-depth insight into the technology deployment in EV transportation and utilize that knowledge to develop novel ideas in the EV area.
About the Author: Akshay Kumar Rathore (IEEE Fellow) is a Professor (Engineering) at Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore. He received his Master of Technology degree in electrical machines and drives from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 2008. Dr. Rathore is a recipient of the 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award, 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award, 2017 IEEE IES David Irwin Early Career Award, 2020 IEEE IAS Outstanding Area Chair Award, 2020 IEEE Bimal Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems and 2021 Nagamori Award. His research is mainly focused on the current-fed converters and multilevel inverters. He is currently serving as the Awards Department Chair of the IEEE Industry Applications Society and AdCom Member-at-Large of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
Arun Verma, is a Senior Member, IEEE, received his master's degree in energy studies and his Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 2010 and 2015, respectively. He was a Visiting Graduate Researcher with the Smart Grid Energy Research Centre, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, during 2014-2015. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, during 2015-2016. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India. His research interests include power electronics, power conversion techniques, power quality, smart grid and smart building, electric vehicles, and bidirectional power flow.
