Development of a Hyper Fast Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles

Power system policies are broadly on track to escalate the use of Electric Vehicles (EV) in automotive industry. The increasing interest in use of EVs not only intensifies the demand in electric power but also introduces further challenges such as efficient and timely power distribution to EVs. Existing challenges in EV power charging relies on how fast and efficient EV chargers can provide power to EV power storage units, i.e batteries. In this regard, EV charging is the area that is significant and being improved daily as the number of EVs increases. The purpose of this research is to innovate a high-power hyper-fast power-electronics based EV charging system (HFCS) that allows for charging in significantly shorter time than current industry standards. The goal is to achieve 80% of full capacity of EVs in as short as 5 mins.

Faculty Supervisor:

Alireza Bakhshai

Student:

Partner:

1000168345 ONTARIO INC.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Clean Technology; Energy and Utilities; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

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