Smart charging system of the electric vehicle CEPIUM

• Author(s): Monteiro, Vítor ; Pedrosa, Delfim ; Exposto, Bruno ; Ferreira, João C. ; Afonso, João L.
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/20912
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Batteries charging system; Electric vehicles; Electric mobility; Power quality; Bidirectional converter
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

In this paper is presented the development of a smart batteries charging system for the Electric Vehicle (EV) CEPIUM, aiming the integration of EVs in the future Smart Grids. The main features of the developed charging system are the mitigation of the power quality degradation and the bidirectional operation, as Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and as Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). The batteries charging process is controlled by an appropriate control algorithm, aiming to preserve the batteries lifespan. During the charging process (G2V), the consumed current is sinusoidal and the power factor is unitary. Along the discharging process (V2G), when the equipment allows delivering back to the electrical power grid part of the energy stored in the batteries, the current is also sinusoidal.