Power & Energy Society Hybrid Distinguished Lecture | Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Using Plug-in Solutions by Prof Emil Lev, Liverpool John Moores University

Join us for an exciting Distinguished Lecture Program to celebrate PES Day 2024. Let’s explore this year’s PES Day theme “Empowering Electric Mobility Innovation“, to spotlight the transformative potential of electric mobility in shaping a sustainable and resilient future.

Abstract

Numerous countries have recently set the target for cessation of pure combustion engine car manufacturing within the next 10 to 20 years, leading to substantial acceleration of passenger vehicle electrification.

The presentation will at first give an overview of the current EV market, with emphasis on the inverter power rating and dc-link voltage level. This will be followed by a survey of a multitude of different charging options and charging levels for plug-in charging, which will be the topic of the remaining part of the presentation. Wired charging of non-integrated on-board type will be examined first.

Topologies of semi-integrated on-board chargers will be reviewed, including those with integration of either the propulsion motor or the inverter in the charging process. This will be followed by some solutions that provide full integration of on-board chargers and which may become accepted in the future by EV manufacturers. All such fully integrated charger topologies involve multiphase (more than three phases) power electronic converters and machines.

About the Speaker

Prof Emil Levi received his Dipl. Ing. degree from the University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia in 1982 and his MSc and the PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1986 and 1990, respectively. From 1982 till 1992 he was with the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Novi Sad. He joined Liverpool John Moores University, UK in May 1992, where he was promoted to a Reader in 1995 and appointed to a Full Professorship in September 2000 as Professor of Electric Machines and Drives.

He served as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics in the 2009-2013 period and as Editor-in-Chief of the IET Electric Power Applications from 2010 until 2022. Emil is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics (2019-2024)

He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the recipient of the Cyril Veinott award of the IEEE Power and Energy Society for 2009 and the Best Paper award of the IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics for 2008. He is also a recipient of the European Power Electronics (EPE) Association “Outstanding Achievement Award” for 2014, “Professor Istvan Nagy Award” of the Power Electronics and Motion Control (PE.MC) Council for 2018, and is a Foreign Member of the Serbian Academy of Engineering.