Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability

The UK is planning to ban the sale of fuel vehicles entirely by 2035 and electric vehicles will be a potential alternative to fuel vehicles. The increase in electric vehicles will increase the charging demand. Standalone charging stations are a potential solution to alleviate the grid challenges of...

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Main Authors: Zhendong Chen, Aritra Ghosh, Neil Stephen A. Lopez
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023080441
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description The UK is planning to ban the sale of fuel vehicles entirely by 2035 and electric vehicles will be a potential alternative to fuel vehicles. The increase in electric vehicles will increase the charging demand. Standalone charging stations are a potential solution to alleviate the grid challenges of increased charging demand. In this work, the authors investigate a reliability analysis of a 2 MW standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station (PVEVCS) using the loss of power supply probability(LPSP). The PVEVCS model consists of a PV system, a battery energy storage system (BESS) and a CS, using the climate data from Camborne, UK and classifying it into high and low irradiation sections. Next, four different charging demand profiles are selected to examine the models’ LPSP. Later, the chosen charging demand profiles are optimised using various combinations of PV systems, BESS and CS. It is concluded that the different solar irradiation had a significant effect on the LPSP. Under the same combination, higher PV capacity has a more positive impact on reducing daytime LPSP, higher BESS capacity has a more significant effect on lowering nighttime LPSP and larger CS capacity has a more significant impact on declining hourly LPSP.
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spelling doaj.art-e08f78348a92496da3469e3ad79421cd2023-10-30T06:07:37ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-10-01910e20836Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probabilityZhendong Chen0Aritra Ghosh1Neil Stephen A. Lopez2Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy (ESE), Renewable Energy, Electric and Electronic Engineering, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10 9FE, UKFaculty of Environment, Science and Economy (ESE), Renewable Energy, Electric and Electronic Engineering, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK; Corresponding author.Department of Mechanical Engineering, De La Salle University, Manila, 0922, PhilippinesThe UK is planning to ban the sale of fuel vehicles entirely by 2035 and electric vehicles will be a potential alternative to fuel vehicles. The increase in electric vehicles will increase the charging demand. Standalone charging stations are a potential solution to alleviate the grid challenges of increased charging demand. In this work, the authors investigate a reliability analysis of a 2 MW standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station (PVEVCS) using the loss of power supply probability(LPSP). The PVEVCS model consists of a PV system, a battery energy storage system (BESS) and a CS, using the climate data from Camborne, UK and classifying it into high and low irradiation sections. Next, four different charging demand profiles are selected to examine the models’ LPSP. Later, the chosen charging demand profiles are optimised using various combinations of PV systems, BESS and CS. It is concluded that the different solar irradiation had a significant effect on the LPSP. Under the same combination, higher PV capacity has a more positive impact on reducing daytime LPSP, higher BESS capacity has a more significant effect on lowering nighttime LPSP and larger CS capacity has a more significant impact on declining hourly LPSP.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023080441Electric vehiclesPhotovoltaicsCharging stationLoss of power supply probability (LPSP)
spellingShingle Zhendong Chen
Aritra Ghosh
Neil Stephen A. Lopez
Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
Heliyon
Electric vehicles
Photovoltaics
Charging station
Loss of power supply probability (LPSP)
title Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
title_full Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
title_fullStr Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
title_full_unstemmed Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
title_short Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
title_sort optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability
topic Electric vehicles
Photovoltaics
Charging station
Loss of power supply probability (LPSP)
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023080441
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