Rapid battery charging technologies for light electric vehicles

轻型电动汽车电池快速充电技术

• 批准号: 538421-2018
• 负责人: Ordonez, Martin
• 金额: $ 4.81万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699498
• 关键词: Rapid; battery; charging; technologies; light

The global use of passenger Electric Vehicles (EV) and Light Electric Vehicles has grown exponentially over the past decade. In 2018 alone, over 2 million passenger EVs were adopted, reinforcing this trend. The use of Light Electric Vehicles (LEV) covers important markets such as industrial vehicles, utility vehicles, and 2 to 4-wheel urban vehicles. LEVs have penetrated immensely with global sales over USD $9B in 2017 and expected to triple by 2026. In particular, electric scooters and electric bikes are becoming popular in high-density areas due to their affordable price, agility, and convenient parking. The objective of the collaboration between Dr. Ordonez at UBC and Delta-Q Technologies is to develop the next generation of high-efficiency, smart, and rapid battery chargers for electrified transportation systems and LEVs. Advances in this area will improve the power conversion efficiency, enhance the battery charging speed, and promote the adoption of sustainable transportation, benefitting utilities, consumers, and society. High-efficiency power conversion mitigates utilities' power quality issues; rapid battery chargers reduce consumers' range anxiety; sustainable transportation improves the quality of living. The research targets the development of novel LEV battery chargers using innovative power conversion technologies. The anticipated outcome is the reduction of power losses in the charger circuits by 40%. In turn, the charger's power density and battery charging speed will be improved substantially. This project will help the industry leader and B.C.-based Delta-Q maintain a competitive advantage over international competitors. The project will enable UBC to provide training to future engineers in power conversion. The trainees under the project will be exposed to a range of cutting-edge techniques and will be positioned to succeed in the field of renewable power conversion. The project is very timely since it anticipates the high demand for engineers in alternative energy.

在过去的十年中，全球乘客电动汽车（EV）和轻型电动汽车的使用呈指数增长。仅在2018年，就采用了超过200万个客运电动汽车，从而加强了这一趋势。轻型电动汽车（LEV）的使用涵盖了重要市场，例如工业车辆，公用车和2至4轮城市车辆。 LEV在2017年的全球销售量超过9B美元的全球销售中，预计到2026年将达到三倍。 UBC的Ordonez博士与Delta-Q技术之间的合作的目的是开发用于电气化运输系统和LEVS的高效，智能和快速电池充电器。该领域的进步将提高电力转换效率，提高电池充电速度，并促进采用可持续运输，从而使公用事业，消费者和社会受益。高效率功率转换减轻了公用事业的功率质量问题；快速电池充电器减少了消费者的范围焦虑；可持续运输改善了生活质量。该研究针对使用创新的电源转换技术的新型LEV电池充电器的开发。预期的结果是，充电器电路中的功率损失减少了40％。反过来，充电器的功率密度和电池充电速度将大大提高。该项目将帮助行业领导者和卑诗省的Delta-Q保持比国际竞争对手的竞争优势。 该项目将使UBC能够为电力转换的未来工程师提供培训。该项目下的学员将接触到一系列尖端技术，并将定位在可再生能源转换领域取得成功。该项目非常及时，因为它预计工程师对替代能源的需求很高。