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Recent Advances in Electric Vehicle Technologies and EV Charging Infrastructure

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 November 2022) | Viewed by 4020

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Markus Makoschitz

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Guest Editor
Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Interests: power electronics; renewable energy systems; transportation electrification; wide bandgap technology; AC/DC DC/DC converters; new converter topologies; medium voltage power electronics
Dr. Stefan Leitner

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Guest Editor
AVL List GmbH, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Interests: electric machines; electric drives; motor topologies; dynamometers; high-speed electric machines and drives; cogging torque reduction; NVH; automotive auxiliaries; finite-element analysis
Dr. Johannes Stöckl

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Guest Editor
Electric Energy Systems—Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Interests: power electronics; converter systems; system integration; reliability; converter control; rapid prototyping; artificial intelligence

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Among many others, the transportation sector is seen as one of those areas which, despite efforts from countries all over the world within recent decades, still significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. As many different countries and manufacturers already released their phase-out plans for combustion engine vehicles and promoted strategies to push electric- and hydrogen-based transportation over the next 15-20 years, it is obvious that there are still various technological challenges remaining that need to be tackled in order to achieve the intended goals of the Paris Agreement from 2015/2016. During COP 26 in Glasgow, it was even mentioned that focusing only on the transformation “from normal cars to electric cars” is not enough.

Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on all technologies and recent advances in the EV and EV charging sector as well as hybrid solutions including hydrogen technology. This includes, besides many other applications, also advances in the private, public transportation, carriage of goods, aviation, marine and shipping, and cycling sectors.

This Special Issue is focused on new efforts in the field of power electronics and electrical machines for cars, vans, trucks, mopeds, bikes and dedicated charging infrastructure, novel control concepts, rapid prototyping as well as hardware in the loop approaches for emulated testing of both charging stations and vehicles, EMI related issues, smart sensors, cost reduction of EVs and related equipment, life cycle assessment of different dedicated technologies, standards, reliability and safety, the role of renewable energy systems for EV charging, as well as small- and large-scale demonstrators and demonstration projects.

Dr. Markus Makoschitz
Dr. Stefan Leitner
Dr. Johannes Stöckl
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  •  New power electronic topologies and control
  •  Novel electric motor topologies for EV applications
  •  New manufacturing technologies for traction drives
  •  Hair-pin windings
  •  Energy conversion efficiency increase
  •  Advanced control strategies for traction motors
  •  High-speed electric machines
  •  Cooling strategies for traction motor drives
  •  Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH)
  •  Automotive auxiliaries
  •  Ultra-high efficient, compact and dynamic power electronics solutions for charging stations, on board chargers and electric drives
  •  Kilowatt to Megawatt charging technologies
  •  On- and off-board chargers
  •  Technologies for electrified passenger cars, bikes, mopeds, vans, long-haul trucks, etc.
  •  Novel concepts and architectures adopting wide bandgap technologies
  •  Advanced power electronics control to optimized existing solutions
  •  Current issues and future challenges regarding full- and hybrid electric vehicles as well as the widely adoption of electric charging infrastructure
  •  Rapid prototyping, HIL modelling and methods to design and test EVs and charging infrastructure
  •  Smart sensors and the role of AI in electrified transportation
  •  The role of renewable energy systems for low emission charging.
  •  EMI and related issues
  •  Life cycle assessment of EVs and charging stations
  •  Assessing and modeling reliability of EVs and charging stations
  •  Safety and failure mode detection
  •  Cost optimization
  •  Standards
  •  Hydrogen technologies and production

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A New 7 kW Air-Core Transformer at 1.5 MHz for Embedded Isolated DC/DC Application
by Valentin Rigot, Tanguy Phulpin, Jihen Sakly and Daniel Sadarnac
Energies 2022, 15(14), 5211; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15145211 - 19 Jul 2022
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This paper presents the study of air-core transformers for electric vehicles, developing them for medium-power (tens of kWs) converter applications specifically used at a high frequency. Air-core transformers have the advantage of lacking magnetic saturation and iron losses, making them suitable for high-frequency [...] Read more.
This paper presents the study of air-core transformers for electric vehicles, developing them for medium-power (tens of kWs) converter applications specifically used at a high frequency. Air-core transformers have the advantage of lacking magnetic saturation and iron losses, making them suitable for high-frequency applications. We designed and manufactured a transformer for a determined frequency and inductance value. The design of this passive component aims to both keep the magnetic field inside the transformer and manage the thermal energy efficiently. The electrical, magnetic, and thermal properties are simulated and then verified by experiments with a specific test bench. The transformer reaches high performances for a higher frequency than usual for an equivalent power transfer in automotive applications. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Electric Vehicle Technologies and EV Charging Infrastructure)
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A Control Strategy to Avoid Drop and Inrush Currents during Transient Phases in a Multi-Transmitters DIPT System
by Wassim Kabbara, Mohamed Bensetti, Tanguy Phulpin, Antoine Caillierez, Serge Loudot and Daniel Sadarnac
Energies 2022, 15(8), 2911; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15082911 - 15 Apr 2022
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Electrical Vehicles (EVs) have gained popularity in recent years in the automotive field. They are seen as a way to reduce the CO2 footprint of vehicles. Although EVs have witnessed significant advancement in recent years, they still have two major setbacks: limited [...] Read more.
Electrical Vehicles (EVs) have gained popularity in recent years in the automotive field. They are seen as a way to reduce the CO2 footprint of vehicles. Although EVs have witnessed significant advancement in recent years, they still have two major setbacks: limited autonomy and long recharging time. Dynamic Inductive Power Transfer (DIPT) systems permit charging EVs while driving, provide unlimited autonomy, and eliminate stationary charging time and lower battery dependency. Multiple transmitters are required to achieve DIPT; thus, dealing with transient phases is essential because every time a receiver crosses over from one transmitter to another, it experiences a new transient phase. This article presents a novel control strategy for multi-transmitter DIPT systems that ensures a continuous and stable power transfer to a moving EV. The proposed control strategy eliminates drop and inrush currents during transient phases. The control integrates a soft start feature and a degraded operating mode at a predefined maximum current value. The studied structure is a symmetrical series–series compensation network. Each transmitter coil is driven by a variable frequency inverter (around 85 kHz) to ensure Zero Phase Angle mode. The control strategy was numerically validated using MATLAB Simulink and then tested experimentally. Results show a relatively low power disruption after applying the proposed control during transmitter sequencing. Full article
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