LAPSE:2024.0333
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LAPSE:2024.0333
Piece-Wise Droop Controller for Enhanced Stability in DC-Microgrid-Based Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station
Mallareddy Mounica, Bhooshan A. Rajpathak, Mohan Lal Kolhe, K. Raghavendra Naik, Janardhan Rao Moparthi, Sravan Kumar Kotha
June 5, 2024
The need for public fast electric vehicle charging station (FEVCS) infrastructure is growing to meet the zero-emission goals of the transportation sector. However, the large charging demand of the EV fleet may adversely impact the grid’s stability and reliability. To improve grid stability and reliability, the development of a DC microgrid (MG) leveraging renewable energy sources to supply the energy demands of FEVCSs is the sustainable solution. Balancing the intermittent EV charging demand and fluctuating renewable energy generation with the stable DC bus voltage of a DC MG is a challenging objective. To address this objective, a piece-wise droop control strategy is proposed in this work. The proposed scheme regulates DC bus voltage and power sharing with droop value updating in a region-based load current distribution. Voltage compensation in individual regions is carried out to further improve the degree of freedom. In this paper, the performance of the proposed strategy is evaluated with the consideration of real-time solar PV dynamics and EV load dynamics. Further, to showcase the effectiveness of the proposed strategy, a comparative analysis with a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller against various dynamic EV load scenarios is carried out, and the results are validated through a hardware-in-loop experimental setup. Despite the intermittent source and EV load dynamics, the proposed piece-wise droop control can maintain voltage regulation with less than 1% deviation.
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bus voltage regulation, DC fast charger, DC fast charging station, DC microgrid, electric vehicle, energy storage unit, OPAL-RT, piece-wise droop control, power sharing, solar PV
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Mounica M, Rajpathak BA, Kolhe ML, Naik KR, Moparthi JR, Kotha SK. Piece-Wise Droop Controller for Enhanced Stability in DC-Microgrid-Based Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station. (2024). LAPSE:2024.0333
Author Affiliations
Mounica M: Electrical Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India
Rajpathak BA: Electrical Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India [ORCID]
Kolhe ML: Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway [ORCID]
Naik KR: AAU Energy Department, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Moparthi JR: Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad 826004, India [ORCID]
Kotha SK: Electrical Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India
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Processes
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12
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5
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892
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2024
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2024-04-28
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2227-9717
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