Comparison of Different Braking Strategies to Improve the Energy Recovery of an Electric Vehicle based on Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter with Batteries

This paper deals with the improvement of energy recovery in a battery electric vehicle (BEV) using a cascaded Hbridge inverter with integrated battery cells (CHB-IB). Different braking strategies are defined based on the power map of the overall traction system. These strategies are simulated on a specific driving cycle. The results are compared to select the best strategies in terms of energy consumption.