2025 9th International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT), Ankara, Türkiye, 14 - 16 Kasım 2025, ss.1-9, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
With the widespread use of electric vehicles (EVs), it has become an important need to be able to charge efficiently and reliably. There are two stages for EV charging and in general chargers can be implemented inside (on-board) or outside (off-board) of EVs. Design of converters plays a critical role for on-board chargers (OBCs) because of the limitations of size and weight. An OBC unit is composed of power factor correction (PFC) and DC-DC converters. PFC part is important for OBC units to minimize line harmonic currents. In this study, active front end (AFE) PFC converter design for OBCs and its experimental evaluation is presented. Variable grid and load conditions, international standards such as IEC 61000-3-2 and IEC 61851 are taken into consideration during the design. Moreover, the proposed AFE-PFC converter topology is compatible with 1-phase, 2-phase and 3-phase structures and can operate with high efficiency. The simulation of the proposed converter is achieved using PSIM and experimental results are taken under 22 kW output power.