Direct Fast Charging of Electric Vehicle Using Solar Power

In present, environmental problems which originate from the consumption of fossil fuels caused emission of polluting gases into the atmosphere creating the need for change in mobility habits in today's daily life. Thus, companies and governments had made strong investments in the automotive sector especially in the development of electric vehicles (EVs) and the technologies associated with them. One of the technical issues that had been highlighted is the fast charging of EV batteries. Particularly, the usage of renewable energy systems to fast charge EV and lower the power demands from the grids are encouraged. This project aims to alleviate the current state of fast charging and environmental problems by proposing a high performance DC-DC boost converter controlled by PI controller. The proposed converter is able to generate different output power level based on the desired preset reference voltage value. For simplicity, EV batteries are being replaced with one resistor as a load whereas the input source of the converter is attained from PV panels. Keysight Technologies measurement tools will be utilized to measure and validate the experimental results with the simulation one.