Mohammed Abdulghani Alharbi

• Email: m.a.alharbi2@ncl.ac.uk

Supervisors

• Dr Mohamed Dahidah
• Dr Salaheddine Ethni
• Prof Volker Pickert

Project description

We are developing insight models and high-power converter topologies for electric vehicles (EVs). These are appropriate for a fast charging station, connected to an MV AC distribution grid.

Our focus is on the development and design of modular input-parallel-output parallel (IPOP) multiphase interleaved buck converters to form a DC charger unit.

The charger modules will be highly efficient. This will reduce the loss in power transfer to the battery pack. It will provide the lowest current ripple possible to the EV battery.

Publications

• Alharbi M, Dahidah M, Pickert V, Yu J. Comparison of SiC-Based DC-DC Modular Converters for EV Fast DC Chargers. In: The IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology. 2019, Melbourne, Australia: IEEE.
• Alharbi M, Dahidah MSA, Ali S, Ethni S, Pickert V. Current Ripple Minimisation Based on Phase-Shedding of DC-DC Interleaved Converters for EV Charging System. In: 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2019). 2019, Lisbon, Portugal: IEEE.
• Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi MA, Patsios H. Load analysis of ground-powering systems for electric vehicles. In: 32nd International Electric Vehicle Symposium 2019, 1–10. Lyon, France.
• Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi MA, Patsios H, Li H. Tracked Electric Vehicle (TEV) Project. In: 28th Aachen Colloquium Automobile and Engine Technology 2019, 1–18. Aachen, Germany.

Qualifications

• BEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Brunel University London)
• MSc in Sustainable Electrical Power (Brunel University London)