Performance Analysis of a 3.2-kW Solar PV Electric Vehicle Charging Station Under Variable Climatic Conditions

Due to an alarming situation of global warming across the world in the past few years, eco-friendly transportation system based on green (non-conventional) energy has been increasingly adopted across the world. However, the challenge in the adoption of this new emerging technology is its sustainable deployment on a large scale. In the past couple of years, Electric Vehicles (EVs) are commercialized on a large scale and are available in the market for consumers. The emission of greenhouse gases has been reduced nowadays with the replacement of internal combustion (IC) engines by the emission-free EVs. Therefore, charging of these EVs with solar photovoltaic systems (SPVS), i.e., PV-EV charging is an interesting option and attracting the attention of researchers throughout the world. In view of this, a PV-based charging methodology for EVs is proposed in this paper with SPVS, i.e., (PV-EV Charging). In this methodology, the power generation requirements through SPVS for charging EVs have been estimated based on the technical and performance specifications of different EVs (Cars) available in the Indian market. To charge the EVs effectively, an MPPT charge controller is implemented based on Perturb & Observe (P&O) technique along with the DC/DC boost converter to maximize the PV generation through SPVS. The simulation model is developed in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The performance analysis of SPVS with the P&O MPPT technique to charge EVs is studied under different operating conditions including actual (practical) climatic conditions.