Microgrid Designing for Electrical Two-Wheeler Charging Station Supported by Solar PV and Fuel Cell
Dheeraj Kumar Dhaked, Dinesh Birla
Abstract
Background/Objectives: One of the main objectives of this work is to design a microgrid for charging station of electric two-wheelers, which contains a public grid, fuel-cells (FCs) & solar PV plants as power sources. Methods/Statistical analysis: This work has used 6 kW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells (PEMFC) and 6 kW solar PV plant with electric grid as a power source to incorporate a microgrid. The charging of EV battery is tested during different modes of operations and compared to each other. Findings: This paper describes that microgrid is eco-friendly and the use of solar PV & FCs in microgrid systems makes it more reliable & environment sustainable with power-efficient technologies simulated with MATLAB Simulink. Novelty/Applications: The proposed arrangement helps to create an efficient, low-cost, locally resilient microgrid. This will reduce the dependency on the electric grid during peak load time which is an imminent concern in cosmopolitan cities and which is novel contribution of this paper. This arrangement is also helpful when grid power is unavailable. The model was found to be satisfactorily charging the batteries used for two-wheeler and the charging rates of each method are compared to one another. Keywords: Solar PV; FuelCell; Battery Charging; Electric Vehicles (EV’s);Microgrid