Development of control techniques applied to the grid converter of a battery charger for electric vehicles

• Grant number: 22/00323-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2022
• End date: March 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Principal Investigator: Alfeu Joãozinho Sguarezi Filho
• Grantee: Alfeu Joãozinho Sguarezi Filho
• Host Institution: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Santo André
• Associated researchers: Angelo dos Santos Lunardi ; Luis Felipe Normandia Lourenço
• Associated research grant(s): 23/00682-6 - International cooperation between UFABC-CNRS/L2S in control of distributed energy resources for Smart Grids, AP.R SPRINT

Abstract

This research project aims to get resources to construe a bidirectional battery charger prototype for electric vehicles. The proposed system has a power converter on the grid side and the battery charging is initially emulated by a programmable source connected to the direct current (DC) bus side. A model predictive control (MPC) with PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) regulates the bidirectional power flow in the converter. The MPC technique uses the converter's discretized model to predict the future behavior of the state variables and calculates the optimal control signal at each sampling time to minimize the cost function that considers the reference tracking error and the control effort. One of the main challenges of this project is to design the parameters of the MPC with PWM and to overcome it, extensive simulations and experimental tests will be carried out using techniques described in the literature and proposed in this project. The experimental validation tests will evaluate the technical feasibility of the proposed charger system, which should allow a bidirectional flow between the battery and the electrical network. This project also presents the schedule of activities, highlighting the expected results, the main challenges, and the strategies to solve them. Finally, the evaluation and dissemination planning of the results obtained during the project is presented. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OLIANI, IGOR; LOURENCO, LUIS F. NORMANDIA; COSTA, JEFFERSON S.; PELIZARI, ADEMIR; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Lyapunov-Based Finite Control Set Applied to an Induction Motor for Agricultural Electrical Traction. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION, v. 10, n. 3, p. 8-pg., 2024-09-01. (22/00323-3, 21/10421-0)

COSTA, JEFFERSON S.; LUNARDI, ANGELO; LOURENCO, LUIS F. NORMANDIA; OLIANI, IGOR; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Lyapunov-Based Finite Control Set Applied to an EV Charger Grid Converter Under Distorted Voltage. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION, v. 11, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2025-02-01. (22/00323-3, 23/00682-6)

LOURENCO, LUIS F. NORMANDIA; LOUNI, AMIRA; DAMM, GILNEY; NETTO, MARIANA; DRISSI-HABTI, MONSSEF; GRILLO, SAMUELE; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.; MEEGAHAPOLA, LASANTHA. A Review on Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current Networks for Wind Power Integration. ENERGIES, v. 15, n. 23, p. 22-pg., 2022-12-01. (21/10421-0, 22/00323-3)

PEREIRA DE ASSIS, JEFFERSON RAFAEL; SILVA, JUAN PEREIRA; MARTINS LEANDRO, PAULO GABRIEL; FERNANDES, DARLAN ALEXANDRIA; DE ROSSITER CORREA, MAURICIO BELTRAO; COSTA, FABIANO FRAGOSO; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU JOAOZINHO; CABRAL DA SILVA, EDISON ROBERTO; IEEE. Asymmetrical Faults Correction Capability in a Power Insertion and Voltage Compensation System. 2023 IEEE APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, APEC, v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2023-01-01. (22/00323-3)

RODRIGUES, LUCAS L. L.; VELASQUEZ, OMAR C. C.; LOURENCO, LUIS F. NORMANDIA; VILCANQUI, OMAR A. C.; SALLES, MAURICIO B. C.; FILHO, ALFEU J. SGUAREZI. Filtered Repetitive MPC Applied to DFIG Grid Side Converter Frequency Support in Microgrids During Island Operation. IEEE ACCESS, v. 11, p. 19-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/10421-0, 22/00323-3)

FIGUEIREDO, RAFAEL; OLIANI, IGOR; LUNARDI, ANGELO; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Heuristic Binary Search for Modulated Predictive Control. IEEE ACCESS, v. 13, p. 12-pg., 2025-01-01. (22/00323-3, 21/10421-0)

COTA, YURI O.; COSTA, JEFFERSON S.; LUNARDI, ANGELO; OLIANI, IGOR; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Weighting Factors Design of CCS-MPC for a Grid-Connected DFIG Systems. IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS, v. 13, n. 4, p. 10-pg., 2025-08-01. (22/00323-3, 17/11986-5, 22/08737-1, 23/00682-6)

INOMOTO, ROBERTO; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.; MONTEIRO, JOSE ROBERTO; DA COSTA, EDUARDO C. MARQUES. Genetic algorithm based tuning of sliding mode controllers for a boost converter of PV system using internet of things environment. RESULTS IN CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION, v. 14, p. 15-pg., 2024-03-01. (22/00323-3)

COSTA, JEFFERSON S.; LUNARD, ANGELO; LOURENCO, LUIS F. NORMANDIA; RODRIGUES, LUCAS; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Disturbance Robust Generalized Predictive Control Applied to an EV Charger Grid Converter. IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, v. 6, p. 10-pg., 2025-01-01. (22/00323-3, 23/00682-6)

LOURENCO, LUIS F. NORMANDIA; IOVINE, ALESSIO; DAMM, GILNEY; FILHO, ALFEU J. SGUAREZI. Nonlinear Controller for MMC-HVdc Operating in Grid-Forming Mode. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 16-pg., 2024-10-14. (23/00682-6, 22/00323-3, 21/10421-0)

COSTA, JEFFERSON S.; LUNARDI, ANGELO; RIBEIRO, POLLYANA C.; DA SILVA, IAGO B.; FERNANDES, DARLAN ALEXANDRIA; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Multi-Stream Acoustic Modelling Using Raw Real and Imaginary Parts of the Fourier Transform. IEEE ACCESS, v. 11, p. 12-pg., 2023-01-01. (22/00323-3)

COTA, YURI O.; COSTA, JEFFERSON S.; LUNARDI, ANGELO; OLIANI, IGOR; OKPO, EKOM E.; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU J.. Enhanced FCS-MPC for DFIG Under Non-Ideal Grid Conditions. IEEE ACCESS, v. 13, p. 11-pg., 2025-01-01. (23/00682-6, 17/11986-5, 22/00323-3)

AUGUSTO, LUCAS DEMETRIUS; COTA, YURI DE OLIVEIRA; ALTUNA, JOSE ALBERTO TORRICO; SGUAREZI FILHO, ALFEU JOAOZINHO. Lyapunov-Based Finite Control Set Applied for Current Control of Grid-Connected Single-Phase Inverter Under Distorted Voltage Conditions. IEEE ACCESS, v. 13, p. 12-pg., 2025-01-01. (22/00323-3, 17/11986-5, 23/00682-6)