ew 20(25): e7

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Power Electronics Converters for an Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Energy Storage System and Renewable Energy Sources

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.161749,
    author={J.  G.  Pinto and Vitor  Monteiro and Bruno  Exposto and Luis A. M.  Barros and Tiago  J. C.  Sousa and L.  F. C.  Monteiro and Jo\"{a}o  L.  Afonso},
    title={Power Electronics Converters for an Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Energy Storage System and Renewable Energy Sources},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web},
    volume={7},
    number={25},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={EW},
    year={2019},
    month={11},
    keywords={DC Fast Charging, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage System, Power Electronics, Renewable Sources},
    doi={10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.161749}
}
  • J. G. Pinto
    Vitor Monteiro
    Bruno Exposto
    Luis A. M. Barros
    Tiago J. C. Sousa
    L. F. C. Monteiro
    João L. Afonso
    Year: 2019
    Power Electronics Converters for an Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Energy Storage System and Renewable Energy Sources
    EW
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.161749
J. G. Pinto1,*, Vitor Monteiro1, Bruno Exposto1, Luis A. M. Barros1, Tiago J. C. Sousa1, L. F. C. Monteiro2, João L. Afonso1
  • 1: Centro ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal
  • 2: State University of Rio de Janeiro, Electronics Engineering Program, Campus F. Negrão de Lima 20559-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Contact email: gpinto@dei.uminho.pt

Abstract

Fast Charging Stations (FCS) are a key element for the wide spreading of Electric Vehicles (EVs), by reducing the charging time to a range between 20 to 40 minutes. However, the integration of FCS causes some adverse impacts on the Power Grid (PG), namely the huge increase in the peak demand during short periods of time. This paper addresses the design of power electronics converters for an EV DC FCS with local storage capability and easy interface of renewables. In the proposed architecture, the energy storage capability is used to smooth the peak power demand and contributes to stabilize the PG. When integrated in a smart grid, the proposed architecture may even return some of the stored energy back to the PG. The accomplishment of the aforementioned objectives requires a set of different power electronics converters, described and discussed along the paper. In order to demonstrate the potentialities of the proposed EV DC FCS architecture, four different case studies were analysed.

Keywords
DC Fast Charging, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage System, Power Electronics, Renewable Sources
Received
2019-04-16
Accepted
2019-11-19
Published
2019-11-21
Publisher
EAI
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.161749

Copyright © 2019 J. G. Pinto et al., licensed to EAI. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.