Publications by Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

Contribution to the Ultra-Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles : The Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter (CMMC)

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 ...

EPFL2016

A 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 ...

2015

Influence of High Frequency Charge-Discharge Cycling Induced by a Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter

Alfred Rufer, Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

In the framework of the diversification of the electric vehicle charging standards, the configurable modular multilevel converters (CMMC) have been found as one of the best concepts for a universal and flexible charging system. It is foreseen that they inc ...

2015

Configurable Electric Vehicle (CEV) demonstrator

Alfred Rufer, Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

In order to make electric vehicles more and more attractive, it is essential to improve the range flow rate1 under limited charging infrastructures. Therefore, a universal input and high power electric energy conversion will impose new requirements on powe ...

2015

Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter (CMMC) for Flexible EV

Alfred Rufer, Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

Today, there is a long-term trend towards bi-directional and flexible charger functions for not only drawing current from the grid but also feeding excess energy back into it. The Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter (CMMC) offers a large flexibility ...

2015

Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter (CMMC) for a universal and flexible integrated charging system

Alfred Rufer, Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

Electric Vehicle (EV) owners are confronted by the limited compatibility of available charging infrastructures. Therefore, this paper is focused on presenting a Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter (CMMC) for a universal and flexible integrated chargi ...

2014

Advanced 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 ...

2014

Modular multilevel battery packaging for a universal and flexible EVs charging system

Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

Electric Vehicles (EVs) carmakers are heavily confronted by the limited fault ride-through capabilities of actual EVs battery packs. Therefore, this paper introduces a new method of EVs battery packaging based on modular multilevel battery modules as well ...

2014

Electric Vehicle Driving and Fast Charging System based on Configurable Modular Multilevel Converter (CMMC)

Alfred Rufer, Rosa Martel Danoary Tsirinomeny

Electric Vehicles (EVs) owners are challenged by the limited flexibility of the actual EVs on-board charger according to the available charging station. This paper proposes a new concept of a Unified Converter (UC) for EVs based on the Configurable Modular ...

2013