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Li-ion batteries for e-mobility – are metal resources under pressure?
Electric vehicles (EV) as an alternative to fossil fuel based cars play an important role for a more sustainable development of the transport sector. Traction batteries such as Lithium-ion Batteries (LIB) represent the vital part of this technology and cou ...
A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017Contribution to the Ultra-Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles
Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny
It is generally agreed that one of the drawbacks of a conventional vehicle is the inability to always reach the best operating point of the engine and the inability to regenerate the kinetic energy. Meaning, even with the help of the gearbox or automatic t ...
EPFL2016A Modular Multiport Power Electronic Transformer With Integrated Split Battery Energy Storage for Versatile Ultra-Fast EV Charging Stations
Alfred Rufer, Michail Vasiladiotis
This paper proposes a power converter architecture for the implementation of an ultra-fast charging station for electric vehicles (EVs). The versatile converter topology is based on the concept of the Power Electronic Transformer (PET). For the direct tran ...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2015A flexible and robust power management mechanism based on single-phase Modular Multilevel Converter with integrated energy storage elements
Alfred Rufer, Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny
This paper deals with a power management mechanism using Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) with integrated energy storage elements, the typical use of which could be a grid-interface for a photovoltaic park or a charging park for electric vehicles. In com ...
2015Optimizing EV driving-recharge time ratio a under limited grid connection
An evident issue for electric vehicle (EV) is the limited average speed while driving long distances. This paper will provide a better understanding of EV requirements in order to make the electric vehicles more compatible for long distance driving. Batter ...
2014Advanced Automotive System based on Modular Multilevel Converter
Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny
Battery packs in recent electric vehicles (EVs) have high energy and high power densities which exerts a strong thermal stress upon them. This means that the individual battery cells are more prone to decline away and eventually fail early because of an ex ...
2014Determining the Short-Range Spin Correlations in the Spin-Chain Li2CuO2 and CuGeO3 Compounds Using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Thorsten Schmitt, Vladimir N. Strocov
We report a high-resolution resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering study of the quantum magnetic spin-chain materials Li2CuO2 and CuGeO3. By tuning the incoming photon energy to the oxygen K edge, a strong excitation around 3.5 eV energy loss is clearly ...
American Physical Society2013An Agent-Based Approach to Virtual Power Plants of Wind Power Generators and Electric Vehicles
Wind power is gaining in significance as an important renewable source of clean energy. However, due to their inherent uncertainty, wind generators are often unable to participate in the forward electricity markets like the more predictable and controllabl ...
Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2013Modular Converter Architecture for Medium Voltage Ultra Fast EV Charging Stations: Global System Considerations
Alfred Rufer, Michail Vasiladiotis, Antoine Béguin
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are expected to contribute significantly to the reduction of CO2 emissions and other types of pollution within the next years. However, the concept of their ultra fast charging still poses demanding requirements, both in terms of th ...
2012Toward Ultrafast Charging of Electric Vehicles
Alfred Rufer, Hans Björn Püttgen, Massimiliano Capezzali, Michail Vasiladiotis, Hardi Hõimoja, Stefano Grioni
The paper is devoted to the problems arising from the ultrafast (≤ 10 min) charging of an electric vehicle (EV). An ultrafast charging station (UFCS) must provide high power output with minimal influence on the electricity transmission system, which can on ...
2012