Design and Sizing of Mobile Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant to Support Rapid Charging for Electric Vehicles

Kameswara Satya Prakash Oruganti,Ramasamy A,Gowthamraj Rajendran,Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam

doi:10.3390/en12183579

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https://doi.org/10.3390/en12183579

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Journal: Energies	Publication Date: Sep 19, 2019
Citations: 19	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Taylor's University

Abstract

Existing DC fast-charging stations are experiencing power quality issues such as high harmonics in the line current, poor power factor in the input supply, and overloading of distribution transformers, due to the dynamic behavior of charging patterns when it is connected to the power grid. Most of the recent works involve the usage of renewable energy sources to mitigate the issues on the distribution grid. In order to design a mobile plug and play DC fast charging station, solar energy is the best and viable solution to carry out. In this paper, plug and play solar photovoltaic power plant to charge electric vehicles (EVs) is proposed and modelled using MATLAB/Simulink software. The proposed system can act as a mobile power plant. The controller allows the system to charge the battery, whenever there is abundant solar energy. Incoming EVs will be charged directly from the system battery where the charger acts as a rapid charging system. The proposed system can meet the concept of Solar Photovoltaic Rapid Charging Stations (SPRCS), which shows that 80% of charge can be fed to an EV in 10.25 min.

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In the present scenarios of carbon emissions from the transportation sector and power, the sector creates alarming situations of a drastic rise in air pollution
The proposed system consists of a solar panel block where irradiance and the daily average temperature was given as input
The power generated from the Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) was connected to the schematic, the system batteries were connected directly to the MPPT controller

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Introduction

In the present scenarios of carbon emissions from the transportation sector and power, the sector creates alarming situations of a drastic rise in air pollution. Due to the overwhelming response for the Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) and EVs, the context of raise in SPRCS is becoming more favorable. EVs created a paradigm shift for both sectors. Due to the increased growth of the EVs, there are possibilities of global doubling of renewable energy resources. Charging Stations (SPCS) for EVs along with information communication technology (ICT) will maximize the technical features and minimize the operation costs. The EVs interact with the grid during charging and discharging modes, which is categorized as V2G and G2V. The primary factor of EVs is that it can act as a potential contributor to grid stability [1]. In Malaysia, there are 192 locally available public charging stations, and 251 chargers [2]

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