Review on reactive power compensation of electric vehicle charging piles

In recent years, electric vehicle (EV) as a new energy vehicle develops rapidly, and the number of charging piles is also increasing. When a large amount of nonlinear inductive load is connected to the power grid, it will consume a large amount of reactive power and affect the power quality and balance. Aiming at these problems, a Static Var Generator (SVG) with cascaded H-bridge is proposed as the reactive power compensation device of charging pile, which can effectively improve the power quality of power grid.