Advanced Concepts and Technologies for Electric Vehicles - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032360739 ISBN 13: 9781032360737

Publisher: CRC Press, 2023

Synopsis

This book explains the basic and advanced technology behind the Power Electronics Converters for EV charging, and their significant developments, and introduces the Grid Impact issues that underpin the grid integration of electric vehicles. Advanced Concepts and Technologies for Electric Vehicles reviews state-of-the-art and new configurations and concepts of more electric vehicles and EV charging, mitigating the impact of EV charging on the power grid, and technical considerations of EV charging infrastructures.

The book considers the environmental benefits and advantages of electric vehicles and their component devices. It includes case studies of different power electronic converters used for charging EVs. It offers a review of PFC-based AC chargers, WBG-based chargers, and Wireless chargers. The authors also explore multistage charging systems and their possible implementations. The book also examines the challenges and opportunities posed by the progressive integration of electric drive vehicles on the power grid and reported solutions for their mitigation.

The book is intended for professionals, researchers, and engineers in the electric vehicle industry as well as advanced students in electrical engineering who benefit from this comprehensive coverage of electric vehicle technology. Readers can get an in-depth insight into the technology deployment in EV transportation and utilize that knowledge to develop novel ideas in the EV area.

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About the Author

Akshay Kumar Rathore (IEEE Fellow) is a professor (Engineering) at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore. Prior to this appointment, he served as an associate professor at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada and as an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. He received his Master of Technology degree in electrical machines and drives from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India, in 2003, and his Ph.D. in power electronics from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 2008. Dr. Rathore is a recipient of the 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award, 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award, 2017 IEEE IES David Irwin Early Career Award, 2020 IEEE Bimal Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems, and 2021 Nagamori Award.

Arun Kumar Verma is a senior member of IEEE, received his master’s degree in Energy Studies and his Ph.D. in Power Electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 2010 and 2015, respectively. He was a visiting graduate researcher with the Smart Grid Energy Research Centre(SMERC), University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, during 2014–2015. He was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, during 2015–2016. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, India. Prior to this appointment, he served as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India. He won the prestigious BASE fellowship for advanced solar energy research in 2014. He has been conferred with the prestigious POSOCO Power System Research Award 2016.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1032360739
• ISBN 13: 9781032360737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Rathore Akshay Kumar, Verma Arun Kumar