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The operating principle of the power converter was presented, analyzed, and experimentally validated under normal and fault conditions. The topology under study was integrated into a bipolar dc grid through the split dc-link of the bidirectional multilevel dc\u2013dc power converter. Considering the failures that can occur in the bipolar dc grid, i.e., in each wire of the bipolar dc grid (positive, negative, and neutral), it was experimentally verified that the dc\u2013dc power converter ensures that the EV battery-charging process continues, regardless of the occurrence or absence of open-circuit failures. In light of this fact, the proposed control algorithms and the presented topology were validated through a set of considerable simulation and experimental results, analyzing the distinct states of the power semiconductors, which compose the bidirectional multilevel dc\u2013dc power converter, for distinct conditions of operation. The developed laboratory prototype of the bidirectional multilevel dc\u2013dc power converter for EV battery charging, which was implemented to obtain the experimental results, is described in detail in this paper. The experimental validation was carried out for the main different fault conditions in the bipolar dc grid in terms of open-circuit failures and, moreover, considering the steady-state and transient-state operations of the dc\u2013dc power converter. The experimental analysis demonstrated that even in the presence of failures in the positive, negative, or neutral wires of the bipolar dc grid, the bidirectional multilevel dc\u2013dc power converter guarantees the correct EV battery-charging operation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/electronics12040851","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,8]],"date-time":"2023-02-08T04:57:41Z","timestamp":1675832261000},"page":"851","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Experimental Validation of a Bidirectional Multilevel dc\u2013dc Power Converter for Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Operating under Normal and Fault Conditions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6640-8955","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vitor","family":"Monteiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ALGORITMI Research Centre\/LASI, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Catia F.","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ALGORITMI Research Centre\/LASI, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9195-1239","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joao L.","family":"Afonso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ALGORITMI Research Centre\/LASI, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"100066","DOI":"10.1016\/j.etran.2020.100066","article-title":"Comparison of common DC and AC bus architectures for EV fast charging stations and impact on power quality","volume":"5","author":"Sharma","year":"2020","journal-title":"ETransportation"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2887","DOI":"10.3390\/electronics10232887","article-title":"Optimal Size of a Smart Ultra-Fast Charging Station","volume":"10","author":"Leone","year":"2021","journal-title":"Electronics"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"429","DOI":"10.3390\/electronics11030429","article-title":"A Unified Topology for the Integration of Electric Vehicle, Renewable Energy Source, and Active Filtering for the Power Quality Improvement of the Electrical Power Grid: An Experimental Validation","volume":"11","author":"Monteiro","year":"2022","journal-title":"Electronics"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1865","DOI":"10.1109\/TCSII.2019.2891640","article-title":"Power flow analysis in DC grids: Two alternative numerical methods","volume":"66","author":"Montoya","year":"2019","journal-title":"Trans. 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