Experimental and Simulation of Advanced Solar Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station

The main aim of this simulation is to design such a charging station which is coupled with solar energy for urban cities. Simplified EV load models are developed by considering different commercial EV model which is available in the market. This article presents the design aspects and practical implementation of the modern solar-assisted level-2 electric vehicle charging station which is controlled by a Type-1 vehicle connector. The designed model is developed in MATLAB/Simulink environment, the circuit operations examined and its methodological model is derived to study the parametric design features. Furthermore, the complete hardware setup has developed to test the performance of the power factor correction under the steady-state condition with respect to variation in load for the input of 3 kW, 230 Vrms at 1-phase, 50 Hz rated, and to produce a 48 V buck converter dc output. The PV system modelling depends on the components of the block that comprises the connection under a PV framework, i.e., solar panel, MPPT controller, charge controller, battery, solar hybrid inverter, 5-level PFC rectifier, buck converter, EV charger, and EV battery as a load.