A technological overview & design considerations for developing electric vehicle charging stations
Abstract
Various electric vehicle transportation overview. The various configurations about the design aspects of charging stations are discussed and are categorized on the basis of power utilized.○Battery swapping technology.○Charging station utilizing only grid power.○Charging station utilizing grid power and energy storage system.○Charging station utilizing grid power and renewable energy.○Charging station utilizing grid power, renewable energy and energy storage system.○Off-grid charging station. Battery swapping technology. Charging station utilizing only grid power. Charging station utilizing grid power and energy storage system. Charging station utilizing grid power and renewable energy. Charging station utilizing grid power, renewable energy and energy storage system. Off-grid charging station. And also, various optimization algorithms, methods and future directions are described in this review study to have an optimal design. The highlights of grid connected, combination of renewable energy based and grid connected, off-grid mode is summarized along with the future scope in the review study. Incorporation of renewable energy along with storage systems in the charging station can reduce the high load taken from the grid especially at peak times.
- Publication:
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Journal of Energy Storage
- Pub Date:
- November 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.est.2021.103225
- Bibcode:
- 2021JEnSt..4303225N
- Keywords:
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- EV charging station;
- Optimization;
- Renewable energy;
- Energy storage system;
- Off-grid;
- Battery electric vehicle;
- Hybrid electric vehicle;
- Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle;
- V2G;
- Battery swapping