학술논문

A Modularized Voltage Equalizer Based on Phase-Shift Modulation for Series-Connected Battery Strings
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron. Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on. 70(12):12475-12485 Dec, 2023
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Equalizers
Batteries
Pulse width modulation
Windings
Voltage
Inductors
Switches
Battery equalizer
modularization
multi active-bridge converter
multiwinding transformer
Language
ISSN
0278-0046
1557-9948
Abstract
The modular design can effectively improve the circuit extensibility and control flexibility of equalizers for long series-connected battery strings. This article proposes a modular battery equalizer based on phase-shift modulation. The LC resonant converters with synchronous rectification are employed as the automatic cell-level equalizer to realize any-cells-to-any-cells (AC2AC) equalization and soft-switching operation, which enhances the balancing speed and efficiency. Different cell-level equalizers are connected with auxiliary windings. The fast equalization between modules is achieved by adjusting the phase shift of driving signals applying for the cell-level equalizers. A prototype with three modules, each consisting of three series cells, is built and tested. Experimental and comparative results confirm the validity and characteristics of the proposed modular equalizer.