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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Sustainable Energy Systems
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1440258
This article is part of the Research Topic Advancing Urban Sustainability: Integrating Renewable Energy for Accelerated Zero-Carbon Community Transitions View all 6 articles

Design of a Triple Port Integrated Topology for Gridintegrated EV Charging stations for Three-way Power Flow

Provisionally accepted
Harshita Tiwari Harshita Tiwari 1Arnab Ghosh Arnab Ghosh 1Subrata Banerjee Subrata Banerjee 2Debabrata Mazumdar Debabrata Mazumdar 3Chiranjit Sain Chiranjit Sain 4Furkan Ahmad Furkan Ahmad 5*Taha Selim Ustun Taha Selim Ustun 6*
  • 1 National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India
  • 2 National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
  • 3 Abacus institute of Engineering and Management, Hooghly, India
  • 4 Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIT), West Bengal, India
  • 5 Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
  • 6 FREA, Tsukuba, Japan

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    Environmental fluctuations, solar irradiance, and ambient temperature significantly affect photovoltaic (PV) system output. PV systems should be efficient at the Maximum Power Point in various weather climates to maximize their potential power output. The Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique is employed to plan a specific location that yields the maximum amount of power. Operating dispersed alternative energy sources connected to the grid in this situation makes energy control an unavoidable task. This research article suggests designing a power electronics converter topology that links sustainable resources and electric vehicles to the power grid. There are four modes of operation for this proposed converter topology: grid-tovehicle, vehicle-to-grid, renewable-to-vehicle, and renewable-to-grid discussed. The three power electronic converters and their uses are discussed, and their controllers are also designed to maintain the energy balance and stability in all cases. The battery characteristics indicate the operating mode. The work primarily focuses on the converter's Triple Port Integrated Topology (TPIT) power flow and voltage control. Here, three power converters integrate the TPIT with three systems-the electric grid, renewable energy, and electric vehicles-into one system.The source battery and solar photovoltaic (PV) array cells are integrated using unidirectional and bidirectional DC-DC converters. The future scope of the work is to investigate the potential of adding additional ports for integrating other energy resources, such as hydrogen fuel cells or additional renewable sources, to create a more versatile and robust energy management system for EV charging stations.

    Keywords: DC-DC converters, Electric Vehicles, PV system, Three Port Integrated Topology, Voltage Source Inverter

    Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 25 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tiwari, Ghosh, Banerjee, Mazumdar, Sain, Ahmad and Ustun. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Furkan Ahmad, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
    Taha Selim Ustun, FREA, Tsukuba, Japan

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