Title :
Safety design for smart Electric Vehicle charging with current and multiplexing control
Author :
Ching-Yen Chung ; Youn, Edward ; Chynoweth, Joshua ; Qiu, Charlie ; Chi-Cheng Chu ; Gadh, Rajit
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
As Electric Vehicles (EVs) increase, charging infrastructure becomes more important. When during the day there is a power shortage, the charging infrastructure should have the options to either shut off the power to the charging stations or to lower the power to the EVs in order to satisfy the needs of the grid. This paper proposes a design for a smart charging infrastructure capable of providing power to several EVs from one circuit by multiplexing power and providing charge control and safety systems to prevent electric shock. The safety design is implemented in different levels that include both the server and the smart charging stations. With this smart charging infrastructure, the shortage of energy in a local grid could be solved by our EV charging management system.
Keywords :
electric current control; electric vehicles; energy management systems; safety systems; EV charging management system; charge control; charging infrastructure; electric shock; multiplexing control; power shortage; safety design; safety systems; smart electric vehicle charging; Latches; Monitoring; Relays; Safety; Servers; Smart grids;
Conference_Titel :
Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6688014