Electric Vehicle Charging Topologies Control Schemes For Smart City Application
Electric Vehicle Charging Topologies Control Schemes For Smart City Application
I. INTRODUCTION
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Fig.1 Charging voltage and current for EV battery [49,52]
urrently, energy efficiency is the peak priority to increase
An overview of economic models considering unidirectional
by a major concern with climatic changes and rising in
and bidirectional power flows with EVs temporarily providing
fossil fuel price cost. A great part of the oil consumption
energy to the grid in[1]. In this, the described and compared the
is currently allocated to the transportation sector and a large
main approaches, summarize the requirements on the
portion of that is used by road vehicles. According to the
supporting communication systems, and propose a
international energy outlook report, the transportation sector is
classification to highlight the most important results and lacks.
going to increase its share in world's total oil consumption by
The proposed charger with bidirectional high-power flow with
up to 55% by 2030. EV charging management requires the
a unity power factor operation capability that has high
support of a corresponding communication structure. In some
efficiency is achieved in[2]. The nature of this voltage-rise
information is broadcasted from grid operators to EVs;
phenomenon. Analysis tools are developed to assist in
bidirectional unicast is sometimes needed to coordinate the
determining PEV loading conditions that demarcate acceptable
charging behaviors of specific EVs; finally, EVs multicasting
post disturbance voltage response from unacceptable outcomes
to charging stations and stations responding are necessary in
in[3]. In this work, two examples, based on standard
reservation-based systems[1]. Several manufacturers are
distribution test systems, are used to illustrate FPEV-induced
working worldwide on the development of various types of
overvoltage behavior, and demonstrate applications of the
battery modules for electric vehicles for EVs and hybrid
analysis tools. An integrated onboard charger, capable of fast
vehicles. However, the performance of battery modules
charging for PEVs, can combine the benefits of both
depends not only on the design of the modules but also on how
conventional onboard and off-board chargers in[4]. In this an
the modules are discharged and charged. In this sense, battery
innovative single-phase integrated onboard charger, using the
chargers play a critical role in the evolution of this
PEV propulsion machine and its traction converter, is proposed.
technology[2]. Different types of EVs are being developed
The charger topology in[4] enables power factor correction
nowadays as alternative to the Internal Combustion Engines
(PFC) and battery voltage/current regulation with only one add-
(ICE) vehicles [2][3], namely, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV),
on diode rectifier. Stator windings of the propulsion machine
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), in its different
are utilized as mutually coupled inductors to develop a two-
configurations[3] and Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV). EVs
channel interleaved boost converter[4]. A new class of on-board charge control and harmonic regulation of input current under
chargers for electric vehicles (EVs). Instead of being placed on- universal line input is presented in[39,40]. The comparative
board as a separate unit, the three-phase chargers reutilize the study of AC and DC charger are presented in[37,34].
existing components in EVs, which are already used for the
propulsion in[5]. A new front end AC/DC bridgeless II. EV BATTERY CHARGERS AND CHARGING SYSTEMS
interleaved power factor correction topology is proposed for The operation of a battery charger is highly dependent on
level II plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) battery charging
different switching techniques as well as different components
in[7]. The topology can achieve high efficiency, which is
and control connections. However, type of switching technique,
critical for minimizing the charger size, PHEV charging time
number of levels, and control algorithms are substantially
and the amount and cost of electricity drawn from the utility. In
addition, a detailed analytical model for this topology is dependent on hardware topologies of a battery charger. Several
presented, enabling the calculation of the converter power analog and microcontrollers, integrated circuits, signal
losses and efficiency. Experimental and simulation results are processors and many converters are used to implement different
included for a prototype boost converter converting universal charging control algorithms. Utility current drawn in EV
ac input voltage (85–265V) to 400V, DC output at up to 3.4 kW charger must have less distortion and high‐power factor to
load. The experimental results demonstrate a power factor lessen the impact of power quality issues and increase the real
greater than 0.99 from 750 W to 3.4 kW, THD less than 5% power. Different standards,27-30 including the U.S. National
from half load to full load and a peak efficiency of 98.9% at 70 Electric Code:690, SAE: J2894, and IEEE: 1000‐3‐2, support
kHz switching frequency, 265 V input and 1.2 kW load as to minimize the contents of harmonics and DC current
depicted in[7]. An overview of smart charging system for smart injection. Electric vehicle chargers must meet the standards'
city application is presented and discussed in[14] and is shown requirements[10]. There are numerous types of power
in Fig. 2. electronic converters exploited for EV charging such as
alternating current AC/DC converters, DC/AC inverters,
DC/DC converters, and AC/AC converters depending on the
need of certain applications. Several research studies about
converter topologies of EV chargers suggested that a typical
charger has a front‐end AC/DC converter with a back‐end
DC/DC converter. Modern EV chargers are designed in such a
way that they can have a buck/boost converter topology or
combination of a buck‐boost converter to achieve active power
factor correction[31]. To reduce the size, weight and cost of
onboard chargers, a high-power integrated charger is a
promising solution for not only provides onboard fast charging
without substantial added cost and weight, but also alleviates
the range anxiety concern among EV[4]. The fast charging
schemes for multiple vehicle[14] from a common hub
Fig.2 Overview of smart charging system [14] integrated with high voltage power supply is shown in Fig.3.
The framework corresponded to a revenue model for stations
with single customer class is presented in[6]. The novel virtual
synchronous motor-controlled scheme for fast charging of
the offboard charger is presented in[8]. Control strategies for
off-board charger control, synchronous grid model are designed
respectively and the strategies presented. The proposed novel
control strategy in[8] shall effectively enhance the quality of the
frequency and voltage in the distribution network, especially in
the nearby of the electric vehicles fast charging stations. The
power electronic architecture for DC level 3 fast charging
station that can charge three classes of EV batteries with
Fig.3 Configuration of fast charging system for multiple EVs[14].
different voltage and power levels is depicted in[47,48]. The
The optimal location on EV charging staiton in smart city
proposes a reconfigurable battery charger for EV that operates
approcihes is presented in[35]. In this[31] presented a business
in three different modes: G2V mode, in which the traction
batteries are charged from the power grid in[49] In this paper, intelligence system for city planners incorporating a novel
the EV charger topology and control schemes for smart city methodology to plan an optimal EV charging infrastructure in
application has been presented. The charging topology includes an urban. As a data basis, it is evaluated more than 32,000
slow charger and fast charger with and without isolation. The charging sessions, including daily usage frequency and actual
cascade structure of a high-frequency resonant converter with a demand from one of the best developed charging infrastructure
constant switching frequency for electrical isolation and of Amsterdam[35]. The power delivery architecture for an
discontinuous-conduction-mode buck–boost converter for extreme fast charging station to charge multiple EVs with a
300mile range battery pack in 15m is presented in[41]. The communication requirement of PEV and DC-Off board charger
proposed approach in[41,42] considerably improve overall is covered by standard SAEJ2847, while both On-Board and
system efficiency as it eliminates redundant power conversion Off-board charging practices are covered by SAEJ2894
by making use of partial rated DC/DC converters to charge an standard[10]. Level 1 and Level 2 convert the AC power into
individual EVs as opposed to a traditional fast charging station the DC power through vehicle on-board charging. Level 3 is
structure based on full rated dedicated charging converters. The referred as “fast charging” and provides DC power through Off-
configuration of individual charging station depending on the board charging. The charging time for PHEV/PEV varies
current rating is discussed in[42, 43] for smart city application between 3–20h. Level 1 consumes relatively large time. It is
as shown in Fig.4. suitable to use Level 1 for overnight charging, for residential
charging purpose[48]. Level 2 facilitates both private and
public charging of PHEV/PEV. Level 3 is a fast charging, thus
suitable for commercial and public charging. The power,
voltage, current ratings and phase requirements are
demonstrated in Fig. 6.
utilization of conventional and non-conventional energy source large amounts of voltage and currents, Reduced complexity in
has been used for EV charging. The power of conventional and firing of thyristors.
non-conventional energy source has integrated at common
point of coupling. i.e. at AC terminal and EV charger are B. Twelve pulse diode bridge rectifiers
integrated with DC bus as illustrated in [48].
mains voltages. PWM current control of the voltage-source- three-phase PWM voltage-source rectifier and bidirectional
inverter (VSI)-based converter maintains the AC supply current buck-boost power converter.
close to sinusoidal and in phase with ac mains voltages[38].
E. Integrated five phase machine EV off board charger
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