OVERVIEW OF MULTIPORT EV FAST CHARGING STATIONS WITH FLOATING SOLAR PV USING MODIFIED Z-SOURCE INVERTER TECHNOLOGY
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https://doi.org/10.55766/sujst10097Keywords:
EV Fast charging, Floating Solar PV, MZSI Technology, Renewable Energy, Solar PV SystemAbstract
Electric cars (EVs) are growing in popularity, thus infrastructure for charging them must be sufficient to make refueling them as pleasurable as driving a conventional car. In this regard, advancements in Multiport Fast-charging (MFC) offer promising alternatives. MFC systems can use floating solar PV (FPV) and innovative modified Z-source inverters (MZSI) to adjusted to the evolving demands of EV recharging. MZSI is better for EV charging stations because of the recent increase in EV usage. For the charging station design to integrate several sources and offer a multiport charging option, an efficient inverter was required. This article describes how MZSI is made for multiport EV charging stations using FPV and the grid. The suggested MZSI is positioned between the input and output sides to increase the voltage in response to the battery side's needs. This converter architecture has five operational modes : FPV-Grid, FPV-battery, grid-battery, battery-grid, and FPV to grid and battery. Some studies use two connections for charging, producing 1 kW at each charger. Both chargers generate 2 kW with 90% efficiency as a result. Based on FPV, the review suggests that MZSI would be a better choice than a multiport EVCS. Our analysis focuses on integrating multiport converters with FPV energy and offers details on a unique MFC topology architecture for EV charging stations that employs MZSI. For FPV-based multiport EVFCS, we note that a modified Z-source inverter (MZSI) offers greater efficiency and adaptability, cheap cost, control mechanism, and straight forward construction.
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