A Control Algorithm for Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations Equipped with Flywheel Energy Storage Systems

Bo Sun, Tomislav Dragicevic, Francisco Daniel Freijedo Fernandez, Juan Carlos Vasquez Quintero, Josep M. Guerrero

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Abstract

This paper proposes a control strategy for plugin electric vehicle (PEV) fast charging station (FCS) equipped with a flywheel energy storage system (FESS). The main role of the FESS is not to compromise the predefined charging profile of PEV battery during the provision of a hysteresis-type active power ancillary service to the overhead power system. In that sense, when the active power is not being extracted from the grid, FESS provides the power required to sustain the continuous charging process of PEV battery. A key characteristic of the whole control system is that it is able to work without any digital communication between the grid-tied and FESS converters. Detailed system modeling and dynamics analysis of the controller are carried out for the different operating modes of the FCS system. A lab-scale prototype was built to validate the proposal. The presented experimental results proved the high accuracy of the theoretical analysis.
Original languageEnglish
JournalI E E E Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume31
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)6674 - 6685
Number of pages12
ISSN0885-8993
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2016

Keywords

  • Flywheels
  • Distributed control
  • Fast charging stations (FCS)
  • Plug-in electric vehicles (PEV)
  • Batteries
  • Satellite broadcasting

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