Research Article
Power Electronics Converters for an Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Storage Capability
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-12950-7_10, author={J. Pinto and V\^{\i}tor Monteiro and Bruno Exposto and Luis Barros and Tiago Sousa and Luis Monteiro and Jo\"{a}o Afonso}, title={Power Electronics Converters for an Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Storage Capability}, proceedings={Green Energy and Networking. 5th EAI International Conference, GreeNets 2018, Guimar\"{a}es, Portugal, November 21--23, 2018, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={GREENETS}, year={2019}, month={2}, keywords={Power electronics Electric Vehicles DC fast charging Energy Storage System}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-12950-7_10} }- J. Pinto
Vítor Monteiro
Bruno Exposto
Luis Barros
Tiago Sousa
Luis Monteiro
João Afonso
Year: 2019
Power Electronics Converters for an Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Storage Capability
GREENETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12950-7_10
Abstract
Fast charging stations are a key element for the wide spreading of Electric Vehicles (EVs) by reducing the charging time to a range between 20 to 40 min. However, the integration of fast charging stations causes some adverse impacts on the Power Grid (PG), namely by the huge increase in the peak demand during short periods of time. This paper addresses the design of the power electronics converters for an EV DC fast charging station with local storage capability and easy interface of renewables. In the proposed topology, the energy storage capability is used to smooth the peak power demand, inherent to fast charging systems, and contributes to the stability of the PG. When integrated in a Smart Grid, the proposed topology may even return some of the stored energy back to the power grid, when necessary. The accomplishment of the aforementioned objectives requires a set of different power electronics converters that are described and discussed in this paper.