POWER CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION: Proceedings of the 7th Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization
978-983-44483-63
Design of Smart Charging Infrastructure: Hardware and Firmware Design of the Various Current Multiplexing Charging Systems
Ching-Yen Chung, Peter Chu, Rajit Gadh
PCO Conf-Proc 2008 (2013), - PDF
Abstract. Currently, when Electric Vehicles (EVs) are charging, they only have the option to charge at a selected current or not charge. When during the day there is a power shortage, the charging infrastructure should have the options to either shut off the power to the charging stations or to lower the power to the EVs in order to satisfy the needs of the grid. There is a need for technology that controls the current being disbursed to these electric vehicles. This paper proposes a design for a smart charging infrastructure capable of providing power to several EVs from one circuit by multiplexing power and providing charge control. The smart charging infrastructure includes the server and the smart charging station. With this smart charging infrastructure, the shortage of energy in a local grid could be solved by our EV management system.
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