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Novel Microprocessor-based Ferroresonant Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles
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| Author(s) |
C. R. Mersman; M. M. Morcos; N. G. Dillman |
| Abstract |
An electric vehicle battery charger was designed, built and evaluated. Test results show that the use of a ferroresonant transformer in a battery charging application yields many benefits due to the transformer characteristics. The ferroresonant transformer exploits the saturation of magnetic materials through its capacitor winding to produce a well regulated output that resembles a square wave. The design of the ferroresonant transformer and the control circuitry, as well as the microprocessor software utilization, are presented. The efficiency of the battery charger was measured at an average of 86.5 percent through a charge cycle, with a range of 79 to 89 percent. |
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| Filename: | EPE1999 - PP00003 - Morcos.pdf |
| Filesize: | 941.1 KB |
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Members Only |
| Date |
Last modified 2004-04-06 by System |
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