Effect of Fault Ride Through Capability on Electric Vehicle Charging Station under Critical Voltage Conditions

A high-quality power supply is required for the proper functioning of the electric vehicle charging system. But the voltage quality is one of the significant issues in the distribution grid. This article aims to examine the impacts of voltage disturbance on electric vehicle batteries, charging systems and provides a fault ride-through capability to enhance the voltage quality. The charging system is constructed by the three-phase controlled rectifier and dc-dc converter. The EV battery pack is modelled with lithium-ion batteries. The fault ride-through capability system is designed to improve the voltage quality and it is achieved through the dynamic voltage restorer. It protects the electric vehicle batteries and charging system from the critical voltage sag levels. The performance of the proposed electric vehicle charging station has been investigated in 30%, 60% and 90% voltage sag through the MATLAB/Simulink platform. Also, the real-time validation has been carried out by the software in the loop test with the help of the dSPACE (DS1202) real-time system. The electric vehicle charging station with a fault ride-through capability system provides better performance than the conventional electric vehicle charging station.