Week Reports

09/02 - 15/02

 

- State of the art on electric vehicles, energy sources, energy management architectures, DC/DC converters and modeling of Power Converters

 

 

 

 

16/02 - 22/02

 

- Construction of the personal website

- First meeting with the Co-Supervisor

23/02 - 01/03

 

- First meeting with the Supervisor

- Redifinition of some points of the work

02/03 - 08/03

 

- Construction of the mathematical model of a boost converter

- Simulation of the converter using different software

 

09/03 - 15/03

- Design of a closed-loop voltage controller using MATLAB and SIMULINK

- Simulation of the closed-loop voltage controller using PSIM and SIMULINK

16/03 - 22/03

 

- Design of a dual voltage and current controller using MATLAB and SIMULINK

- Simulation of the dual voltage and current controller using PSIM and SIMULINK

- Loss analysis and sizing of all the components of the system of the four-phase converter

 

23/03 - 29/03

 

- Continuation of the loss analysis and sizing of all the components of the system

 

30/03 - 05/04

 

- Third Meeting with the Supervisor (Italy)

- Redefinition of some points regarding the controllers

 

06/04 - 12/04

 

- Construction of a model of a two-phase boost converter using MATLAB/SIMULINK

- Simulation and validation of the model

 

13/04 - 19/04

 

- Construction of a current-voltage controller for a two-phase boost converter using MATLAB/SIMULINK

 

20/04 - 26/04

 

- Continuation of the construction of a current-voltage controller for a two-phase boost converter using MATLAB/SIMULINK

- Simulation and validation of the controller

 

27/04 -  3/05

 

- Second meeting with Co-Supervisor (Portugal)

- Evaluation of the work done while studying abroad

 

4/05 - 10/05

 

- Break (Queima Das Fitas do Porto 2014)

 

11/05 - 17/05

 

- Construction of a model of a four-phase boost converter using MATLAB/SIMULINK

 

18/05 - 31/05

-Study, design and simulation of a sliding mode controller for a boost converter

-Study, design and simulation of a sliding mode controller for a two-phase boost converter

-Study, design and simulation of a sliding mode controller for a four-phase boost converter

 

1/06 - 14/06

-Study of a new power converter simulation tool

-Implementation of the converters using this new simulation tool

 

15/06-30/06

 

-Simulation and results of the converters using both MATLAB and the new power converters simulation tool

 

1/07-15/07

 

-Study, analysis and simulation of the switches losses for each power converter

 

16/07-31/07

 

-Simulation and result analysis of the global efficiency of each power converter when introducing the switches losses

 

1/08 - 31/08

-Writing of the final document