Silicon Carbide (SiC)-Based Wireless Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles

Silicon Carbide (SIC)-Based Wireless Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles

Objective

• The main objectives of this project are to design and develop a universal charging infrastructure through inductive power transfer (IPT) technology that can charge the battery packs with higher efficiency and better power transfer capability.

Description

• Nowadays, electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining more attention due to less maintenance, being environmentally friendly, and zero tile pipeline emissions. The Indian government and the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) initiated a road map intending to electrify 100% of public transport and 40% of private vehicles by 2030, The one of major limitations for the wide adoption of EVs is the lack of charging infrastructure that can seamlessly recharge the EV batteries, Wireless charging of EVs through inductive power transfer (IPT) has been gaining interest as it would solve the driver's inconvenience in handling bulky and heavy charging cables.

Impact

• The funding will essentially become a seed for a development and testing facility for WPT EV charging infrastructure in the Department of Engineering Design at IIT Madras, In future, various SiC and GaN devices-based power converter topologies can be explored through this faculty for the green energy-based grid-interfaced fast-charging WPT infrastructure and dynamic (in-motion) WPT systems.