This thesis deals with the design of Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) for Light Electric Vehicles (LEV) and EVs. More specifically, a tri-mode high-efficiency non-isolated half-bridge converter is developed for the LEV based HESS applications. A 2 kW, 100 V interleaved two-phase converter prototype was implemented. The peak efficiency of 97.5% and a minimum efficiency of 88% over the full load range are achieved. Furthermore, a power-mix optimizer utilizing the real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) data for the EV based HESS is proposed. For a specific design, it is shown that at the cost of less than 1.5% of the overall energy savings, the proposed scheme reduces the peak battery charge and discharge rates by 76% and 47%, respectively. A 30 kW bi-directional dc-dc converter is also designed and implemented for future deployment of the designed HESS into a prototype EV, known as A2B.

This thesis contains a complete description of the design and implementation of a 500W transformer soldering station. This soldering station includes a half-bridge DC/DC converter with a pulse transformer. The device works with a very low voltage and extremely high output current. Therefore some parts have a special design to ensure the proper equipment function. Coaxial transformer with very low leakage inductance (nH units) is unusual. A synchronous rectifier is another special feature working with low voltage and high output current of the transformer. The finished functional prototype consists of a soldering station and a soldering adapter.

O presente trabalho visa o desenvolvimento de um sistema de carga e descarga de baterias de chumbo-ácido para sistemas de geração distribuída acoplada a um conjunto de painéis fotovoltaicos e conectada à rede elétrica. O conjunto de painéis opera de forma a maximizar a energia gerada através de um algoritmo MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) e a rede elétrica opera como rota para o excedente produzido pelos painéis. Para que a bateria possa ser carregada e descarregada com eficiência evitando sobrecargas e descarregamentos profundos, uma metodologia de estimação do estado de carga da bateria é implementada visando um controle mais eficiente (maximizando a vida útil da bateria) e um melhor aproveitamento da energia armazenada. Para o gerenciamento da carga e descarga do banco de baterias é utilizada uma topologia bidirecional (Boost-Buck) com controlador fuzzy P+I para estabilização de corrente ou tensão. Em relação à técnica de controle para o sistema PV, um controlador PI clássico é utilizado para regular a tensão terminal e ponto de máxima potência que é definido por um algoritmo de perturbação e observação (P&O). Para validar os controladores e os modelos teóricos desenvolvidos é construído um protótipo do sistema. São analisados, também, o comportamento do sistema de carga das baterias e painel fotovoltaico sob condições extremas como queda abrupta de irradiação solar, desconexão inesperada dos painéis e mudanças no ponto ótimo de funcionamento dos mesmos. / The present work aims to develop a system of charging and discharging lead-acid batteries for distributed generation connected to a set of photovoltaic panels, and used in grid connected applications. The set of panels operates to maximize the energy produced by means of an MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) algorithm and the power grid absorbs the extra power produced by the panels. For charging and discharging the battery pack and to prevent overload and deep discharge, a methodology for estimating the state of charge is implemented in order to obtain an efficient control technique (maximizing battery life), and more efficient use of the stored energy. To manage the charging and discharging of the battery bank a bidirectional topology (Boost-Buck) with fuzzy P+I controller for stabilization of current or voltage is used. To regards the PV control technique, a classical PI controller is employed to regulate the PV terminal voltage, and the maximum power point is determined by a perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm. To validate the controllers and the theoretical models developed is built a prototype system, and analyzed the behavior of the batteries charger and photovoltaic panel under extreme environmental conditions such as abrupt decrease of solar irradiation, unexpected panels disconnection and changes of the maximum power point of the panels.

Ce mémoire traite du pilotage de systèmes hybrides de puissance électrique. Les sources principales d’énergie sont un système photovoltaïque et une pile à combustible. Les sources secondaires sont un pack de batteries et un pack de supercondensateurs. Le dimensionnement des sources secondaires est réalisé afin de gérer les transitoires de puissances et de fournir l’appoint d’énergie lorsque celle issue des sources principales est insuffisante. Les sources principales, quant à elles, fournissent l’énergie à la charge en régime permanent. Le contrôle des flux d’énergies et les asservissements de puissance utilisés dans cette thèse sont basés sur le concept de platitude des systèmes différentiels. Ils permettent d’obtenir des propriétés dynamiques élevées en asservissement et en régulation. Le superviseur, permettant de répartir la puissance entre les différents organes de stockage, est réalisé à base de contrôleur flou et assure que les supercondensateurs avec leur convertisseur d’interface sont utilisés comme filtre de puissance et apportent l’énergie en régime transitoire. En revanche, les batteries fournissent ou absorbent l'énergie sur des durées plus longues / This thesis deals with the control of electrical hybrid system. The main sources consist in an association of photovoltaic and fuel cell system. The secondary sources are a bank of batteries and a bank of supercapacitors. The sizing of secondary sources is realized to manage the power during the transient state and provide extra energy when the power of main sources is insufficient in steady state. The main sources provide the essential energy of the electrical hybrid system during steady state. The control of energy flows and power tracking used in this thesis are based on the flatness technique. This control system allows obtaining high dynamic properties in the power tracking and the regulation of system. The supervisor for sharing the power between the different storage devices is realized thanks to a fuzzy logic controller. This controller ensures that the bank of supercapacitors with its interface converter is used as a power filter and provides the energy in transient states. However, the bank of batteries provides or absorbs the energy in longer periods especially during recovery or overload modes

Cette thèse s'intéresse à l'architecture et à la commande des sources hybrides d'énergie électrique dont la source principale est une pile à combustible et la source auxiliaire un banc de supercondensateurs. Parmi les différentes architectures électroniques de puissance envisageables le choix s'est porté sur un convertisseur isolé multiport réalisé à partir d'un transformateur multienroulement. Chaque élément de ce dispositif (pile à combustible, supercapacités, charge) est connecté à un enroulement par un onduleur de tension. Le contrôle des échanges d'énergie s'effectue par le déphasage entre les ondes de tension délivrées par les onduleurs. L'utilisation de convertisseurs et d'un mode de commande identiques sur chaque port assure le caractère modulaire de l'ensemble. Le modèle du transformateur est établi pour N enroulements. Il est de type polygone ce qui simplifie le calcul des échanges d'énergie entre les ports. Deux méthodes de contrôle de l'ensemble du dispositif sont présentées. La première, classique, utilise un régulateur linéaire pour contrôler la puissance fournie par la pile et la tension de sortie est contrôlée via l'énergie électrostatique stockée dans la capacité de sortie. La limitation de la variation du courant délivré par la pile à combustible est effectuée en limitant la variation de la puissance d'entrée. La deuxième est basée sur le concept de platitude, les variables plates étant l'énergie stockée dans les capacités et les variables de commande les puissances échangées entre la pile et les autres ports. On a déterminé la trajectoire des sortie plates en respectant les différentes contraintes, à savoir la limitation des variation du courant délivré par la pile et la puissance maximale qu'elle délivre ainsi que le courant de charge de la capacité de sortie lors du démarrage. Dans les deux cas, les méthodes de contrôle ont été validées en modes de charge, de surcharge et de récupération par simulation numérique et expérimentalement. Plutôt que d'utiliser un convertisseur 4-port nécessitant le contrôle de 6 échanges entre ports, nous avons choisi d'étudier par simulation la mise en parallèle de deux montages 3-ports connectés sur la même source principale et la même charge. La présence de ces deux convertisseurs permet selon le point de fonctionnement considéré d'optimiser le rendement du dispositif / This thesis deals with architecture and control of hybrid electrical energy sources where the main source is a fuel cell and the auxiliary one, supercapacitors. Among the various possible power electronics architectures, an isolated multi-port converter using a multi winding transformer has been realized. Each element of the device (fuel cell, supercapacitors and load) is connected to one winding by a voltage inverter. The control of energy exchanges is performed by controlling the phase shifts between voltage waveforms delivered by inverters. The use of identical converters and control modes ensures the modular nature of the system. Transformer modeling is performed in general manner for a N-port transformer and the development of a polygon model simplifies the calculation of the energy exchanges between ports. Two control methods are presented. The first method, more conventional, uses a linear regulator to control the power delivered by the fuel cell and the output voltage is controlled via the electrostatic energy stored in the output capacitor. The limitation of the current variation delivered by the fuel cell is performed by limiting the variation of the input power. The second method is based on the concept of flatness. Energies stored in the capacitors are the flat output variables whereas the powers exchanged between the main source and the other ports are the control variables. It was then possible to determine the trajectory of the flat outputs to meet various constraints like the limitation of the current variation delivered by the fuel cell, the fuel cell maximum power, and the current of the output capacitor during startup. Both control methods have been validated in normal, overload and recovery modes by numerical simulation and experimental results. Rather than using a 4-port converter requiring control of six energy exchanges between ports, the paralleling of two 3-port converters connected to the same main source and load using simulation is studied. The presence of these two converters allows optimizing the system efficiency according to the considered operating point

Ce mémoire propose une stratégie de contrôle sans commutation d’algorithme pour un système hybride constituée d’une pile à combustible comme source principale et d’un pack de supercondensateurs comme source auxiliaire. Trois structures de système hybride ont été étudiées. Après avoir évoqué les différentes structures des systèmes hybrides électriques et des techniques utilisées pour les contrôler, deux approches sont traitées. La première est basée sur la notion de platitude permettant d’assurer la gestion des flots d’énergie dans une source hybride et plus généralement dans un système multi sources/multi charges. La stratégie proposée repose sur la génération d’un modèle d’ordre réduit du système et la gestion des flots d’énergie via des trajectoires de référence de certaines grandeurs énergétiques du système. L’impact de ce mode de contrôle sur le dimensionnement des éléments passifs (inductances, condensateurs) de la source hybride a été expliqué. Dans la deuxième stratégie, l’énergie totale stockée dans les hacheurs est prise en compte dans l’élaboration de la commande du système multi sources/multi charges en utilisant une linéarisation entrée/sortie sur les convertisseurs des charges. Un observateur non linéaire a été proposé pour estimer la variation de la caractéristique statique de pile à combustible et permet de garantir un fonctionnement optimal du système hybride. Les architectures de puissance et les modes de commande proposés ont été validés par des résultats simulés et/ou expérimentaux / This work deals with a nonlinear control strategy of an electrical hybrid system which is composed of a fuel cell as the main source and a supercapacitor bank as the auxiliary source. Any algorithm commutation is not used in the proposed control strategy whereas the system works in different operating modes. After a review of various structures of the electrical hybrid systems and different control methods of these systems, two new approaches are developed. The first one is flatness-based method to ensure the energy management in the proposed hybrid systems and generally in a multi source / multi loads system. The proposed strategy is based on generation of a reduced-order model of the system. The energy management is carried out through the reference trajectories of the stored electrostatic energy of the system. The effect of the proposed control method on design of the system components (inductors and capacitors) is explained. In the second approach, the total energy stored in the choppers is taken into account to control the load converters of a multi-source/multi load system by use of the input/output linearization method. A nonlinear observer is proposed to estimate the variation of voltage-power output characteristic of the fuel cell which leads to an optimal performance of the hybrid system. The simulation and experimental results prove validity of the proposed control strategy

La sophistication grandissante des dispositifs intelligents ultra-portatifs, tels que les smartphones ou les tablettes,crée un besoin d'amélioration des performances des organes de conversion de puissance.La tendance des technologies d'acheminement de puissance évolue progressivement vers une fréquence plus élevée, une meilleure densité d'intégration et une plus grande flexibilité dans les schémas d'asservissement. La modulation dynamique de tension est utilisée dans les circuits intégrés de gestion de puissances(DVS PMICs)des transmetteurs RF alors que la modulation DVFS est utilisée dans les PMICs dédiées au CPUs et GPUs. Des DCDC flexibles et fonctionnant à haute fréquence constituent aujourd'hui la solution principale en conjonction avec des régulateurs à faible marge de tension (LDO).L'évolution vers des solutions à base de HFDCDC de faibles dimensions pose un défi sérieux en matière de 1)stabilité des boucles d'asservissement,2)de complexité des architectures de contrôle imbriquant des machines d'état asynchrones pour gérer une large dynamique de puissance de sortie et 3)de portabilité de la solutions d'une technologie à une autre.Les solutions les plus courantes atteignent aujourd'hui une gamme de 2 à 6 Mhz de fréquence de découpage grâce à l'usage de contrôleurs à hystérésis qui souffrent de la difficulté à contenir la fréquence de découpage lors des variations de la tension ou du courant en charge.Nous avons voulu dans ce travail étendre l'usage des méthodes de conception et de modélisation conventionnelles comme le modèle petit signal moyen, dans une perspective de simplification et de création de modèles paramétriques. L'objectif étant de rendre la technique de compensation flexible et robuste aux variations de procédés de fabrication ou bien aux signaux parasités inhérents à la commutation de puissance.Certes, le modèle moyen petit signal, au demeurant bien traité dans la littérature, réponds amplement à la problématique de compensation des DCDCs notamment quand la stabilité s'appuie sur le zéro naturel à haute fréquence inhérent à la résistance série ESR de la capacité de sortie, mais les HFDCDC actuels utilisent des capacités MLCC ayant une très faible ESR et font appel à des techniques de compensation paramétriques imbriquant le schéma de compensation dans la génération même du rapport cyclique. La littérature existante sur le fonctionnement de la machine d'état, se contente d'une description simpliste de convertisseurs PWM/PFM mais ne donne que très peu d'éléments sur la gestion des opérations synchrones/asynchrones alternant PWM,PFM,écrêtage de courant, démarrage ou détection de défaillance. Dans ce travail, notre études est axée sur les deux aspects suivants:1)La modélisation paramétrique et la compensation de la boucle d'asservissement de HFDCDC et 2)la portabilité de la conception de la machine d'états du contrôleur notamment lorsqu'elle intègre des transitions complexes entre les modes.Dans la première section, nous avons développé un modèle petit signal moyen d'un convertisseur Buck asservi en mode courant-tension et nous l'avons analysé pour faire apparaitre les contributions proportionnelle, intégrale et dérivé dans la boucle. Nous avons démontré la possibilité d'utiliser le retour en courant pour assurer l'amortissement nécessaire et la stabilité de la boucle pour une large dynamique de variations des conditions de charge.Dans la seconde section, nous avons développé une architecture de machine d'états sophistiquée basé sur la méthode d'Huffman avec un effort substantiel d'abstraction que nous a permis de la concevoir en description RTL pour une gestion fiable du fonctionnement asynchrone et temps réel.Notre contribution théorique a fait l'objet d'une réalisation d'un PMIC de test comportant deux convertisseurs Buck cadencés à 12MHz en technologie BiCMOS 0.5um/0.18um. Les performances clefs obtenues sont:une surtension de 50mV pendant 2us suite à l'application d'un échelon de courant de 300mA. / The continuous sophistication of smart handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets creates an incremental need for improving the performances of the power conversion devices. The trend in power delivery migrates progressively to higher frequency, higher density of integration and flexibility of the control scheme. Dynamic Voltage Scaling Power Management ICs (DVS PMIC) are now systematically used for powering RF Transmitters and DVFS PMICS using Voltage and Frequency scaling are used for CPUs and GPUs. Flexible High frequency (HF) DC/DC converters in conjunction with low dropout LDOs constitute the main solution largely employed for such purposes. The migration toward high frequency/small size DCDC solutions creates serious challenges which are: 1) the stability of the feedback loop across a wide range of loading voltage and current conditions 2) The complexity of the control and often-non-synchronous state machine managing ultra large dynamics and bridging low power and high power operating modes, 3) The portability of the proposed solution across technology processes.The main stream solutions have so far reached the range of 2 to 6 MHz operation by employing systematically sliding mode or hysteretic converters that suffer from their variable operating frequency which creates EMI interferences and lead to integration problems relative to on-chip cross-talk between converters.In this work we aim at extend the use of traditional design and modeling techniques of power converters especially the average modeling technique by putting a particular care on the simplification of the theory and adjunction of flexible compensation techniques that don't require external components and that are less sensitive to process spread, or to high frequency substrate and supply noise conditions.The Small Signal Average Models, widely treated in the existing literature, might address most needs for system modeling and external compensation snubber design, especially when aiming on the high frequency natural zero of the output capacitor. However, HFDCDC converters today use small size MLCC capacitors with a very low ESR which require using alternative techniques mixing the compensation scheme with the duty cycle generation itself. The literature often provides a simplistic state machine description such as PWM/PFM operations but doesn't cover combined architectures of synchronous / non synchronous mode operations such as PWM, PFM, Current Limit, Boundary Clamp, Start, Transitional and finally Fault or Protection modes.In our work, we have focused our study on two main axes: 1) The parametric modeling and the loop compensation of HFDCDC and 2) the scalability of the control state machine and mode inter-operation. In the first part, we provided a detailed small signal averaged model of the “voltage and current mode buck converter” and we depicted it to emphasize and optimize the contributions of the Proportional, Integral and Derivative feedback loops. We demonstrated the ability to use the current feedback to damp and stabilize the converter with a wide variety of loading conditions (resistive or capacitive). In the second part, we provided architecture of the mode control state machine with different modes like the PWM, PFM, soft-start, current limit,… .The technique we have used is inspired by Huffman machine with a significant effort to make it abstract and scalable. The state machine is implemented using RTL coding based on a generic and scalable approach.The theoretical effort has been implemented inside a real PMIC test-chip carrying two 12MHz buck converters, each employing a voltage and current mode feedback loop. The chip has been realized in a 0.5um / 0.18um BiCMOS technology and tested through a dedicate Silicon validation platform able to test the analog, digital and power sections. The key performance obtained is a 50mV load transient undershoot / overshoot during 2us following a load step of 300mA (slope 0.3A/ns).

Growing concerns about climate change have led to the world experiencing an unprecedented push towards renewable energy. Economic drivers and government policies mean that small, distributed forms of generation, like solar photovoltaics, will play a large role in our transition to a clean energy future. In this thesis, a novel DC-DC converter known as the Coupled Inductors Combined Cuk-SEPIC' (CI-CCS) converter is explored, which is particularly attractive for these photovoltaic applications. A topological modification is investigated which provides several benefits, including increased power density, efficiency, and operational advantages for solar energy conversion. The converter, which is based on the combination of the Cuk and SEPIC converters, provides a bipolar output (i.e. both positive and negative voltages). This converter also offers both step-up and step-down capabilities with a continuous input current, and uses only a single, ground-referenced switching device. A significant enhancement to this converter is proposed: magnetic coupling of the converter's three inductors. This can substantially reduce the CI-CCS converter's input current ripple - an important benefit for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in photovoltaic applications. The effect of this coupling is examined theoretically, and optimisations are performed - both analytically and in simulations - to inform the design of a 4 kW prototype CI-CCS converter, switched at a high frequency (100 kHz) with a silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET. Simulation and experimental results are then presented to demonstrate the CI-CCS converter's operation and highlight the benefits of coupling its inductors. An efficiency analysis is also undertaken and its sources of losses are quantified. The converter is subsequently integrated into a domestic photovoltaic system to provide a practical demonstration of its suitability for such applications. MPPT is integrated into the CI-CCS DC-DC converter, and a combined half bridge/T-type converter is developed and paired with the CI-CCS converter to form an entirely transformerless single-phase solar energy conversion system. The combination of the CI-CCS converter's bipolar DC output with the combined half bridge/T-type converter's bipolar DC input allows grounding at both the photovoltaic panels and the AC grid's neutral point. This eliminates high frequency common mode voltages from the PV array, which in turn prevents leakage currents. The entire system can be operated in grid-connected mode - where the objective is to maximise power extracted from the photovoltaic system, and is demonstrated in stand-alone mode - where the objective is to match solar generation with the load's power demands.

O presente trabalho visa o desenvolvimento de um sistema de carga e descarga de baterias de chumbo-ácido para sistemas de geração distribuída acoplada a um conjunto de painéis fotovoltaicos e conectada à rede elétrica. O conjunto de painéis opera de forma a maximizar a energia gerada através de um algoritmo MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) e a rede elétrica opera como rota para o excedente produzido pelos painéis. Para que a bateria possa ser carregada e descarregada com eficiência evitando sobrecargas e descarregamentos profundos, uma metodologia de estimação do estado de carga da bateria é implementada visando um controle mais eficiente (maximizando a vida útil da bateria) e um melhor aproveitamento da energia armazenada. Para o gerenciamento da carga e descarga do banco de baterias é utilizada uma topologia bidirecional (Boost-Buck) com controlador fuzzy P+I para estabilização de corrente ou tensão. Em relação à técnica de controle para o sistema PV, um controlador PI clássico é utilizado para regular a tensão terminal e ponto de máxima potência que é definido por um algoritmo de perturbação e observação (P&O). Para validar os controladores e os modelos teóricos desenvolvidos é construído um protótipo do sistema. São analisados, também, o comportamento do sistema de carga das baterias e painel fotovoltaico sob condições extremas como queda abrupta de irradiação solar, desconexão inesperada dos painéis e mudanças no ponto ótimo de funcionamento dos mesmos. / The present work aims to develop a system of charging and discharging lead-acid batteries for distributed generation connected to a set of photovoltaic panels, and used in grid connected applications. The set of panels operates to maximize the energy produced by means of an MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) algorithm and the power grid absorbs the extra power produced by the panels. For charging and discharging the battery pack and to prevent overload and deep discharge, a methodology for estimating the state of charge is implemented in order to obtain an efficient control technique (maximizing battery life), and more efficient use of the stored energy. To manage the charging and discharging of the battery bank a bidirectional topology (Boost-Buck) with fuzzy P+I controller for stabilization of current or voltage is used. To regards the PV control technique, a classical PI controller is employed to regulate the PV terminal voltage, and the maximum power point is determined by a perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm. To validate the controllers and the theoretical models developed is built a prototype system, and analyzed the behavior of the batteries charger and photovoltaic panel under extreme environmental conditions such as abrupt decrease of solar irradiation, unexpected panels disconnection and changes of the maximum power point of the panels.

Dans ce mémoire, nous avons étudié les convertisseurs d’interface permettant l’interconnexion d’une source basse tension non linéaire et d’un bus DC moyenne tension. La source choisie, pour l’étude, était une pile à combustible de type PEM. La structure de puissance retenue correspondant à la mise en cascade d’un convertisseur entrelacé en entrée et d’un convertisseur trois niveaux en sortie. Afin de dimensionner au mieux le convertisseur global, nous avons proposé un modèle analytique permettant de connaitre l’ensemble des pertes dans le système en fonction du point de fonctionnement et de ses paramètres. Nous avons montré que l’ensemble des pertes dans le convertisseur peut être modélisé par deux résistances non linéaires dont l’estimation est possible à partir des modèles moyens du convertisseur. Une commande basée sur le concept de platitude des systèmes différentiels a été utilisée pour assurer les différentes contraintes du système tout en obtenant des propriétés dynamiques élevées en asservissement et en régulation. Dans la dernière partie du mémoire, nous nous sommes intéressés aux solutions permettant de satisfaire les contraintes sur le taux d’ondulation de courant en entrée du convertisseur. Nous avons proposé et dimensionné une nouvelle structure de convertisseur permettant de supprimer les ondulations de courant générées par le convertisseur de puissance. Ce filtre actif se connecte en parallèle avec le convertisseur de puissance. Des résultats expérimentaux ont permis de montrer que le taux d’ondulation de courant d’un convertisseur élévateur a été réduit, le taux d’ondulation de courant passant de 23.3% à 1.9% / In this thesis, we studied interface converters enabling the interconnection of a low voltage nonlinear source and a medium voltage DC bus. The source selected for the study was a fuel cell PEM. The chosen power architecture corresponds to a cascaded structure constituted with an interleaved Boost converter at input stage and a three-level Boost converter at output stage. To design the converter, we proposed an analytical model to know the total losses in the system according to the operating point and its parameters. We showed that all losses in the converter can be modeled by two nonlinear resistors. An estimation of these resistors, deduced from average model of the converter, is developed. A control based on the concept of differential systems flatness has been used for the proposed converter structure. It allows taking into account the different system constraints. High dynamic properties as regard to external perturbations or parameters variations are achieved. In the last part of the thesis, we investigate solutions to respect the constraints on the rate of input current ripple. We propose a new active filtering converter connected in parallel with the power one. We have shown that the ripple current of a boost converter was reduced, the ripple current being reduced from 23.3% to 1.9%