Towards the embodiment of a LiPo Battery Charger for a 83 kW Sport Motorcycle

This paper presents a 1.5-kW active power rectifier that is intended to be the power topology used in a Battery Charger for a 5.6-kW battery pack used to propel an 83 kWh Sport Motorcycle. Experimental results demonstrate that the converter topology and the control strategy can keep a 0.99 Power Factor value, reducing the THD in each phase of the AC power supply. The controller is evaluated applying current reference steps and load changes at 1.5 kW power rate operation.