Bidirectional Electric Vehicle Battery Charger Assisted by Photovoltaic Panels

In this paper, a bidirectional power electronics converter assisted by Photovoltaic Panels for Electric Vehicle battery charging application is presented. The charger is composed of two conversion stages: an AC/DC converter represented by an active-rectifier, and a DC/DC converter illustrated by a Dual Active Bridge. The solar renewable energy is considered an alternative DC source assisting in charging the battery. The charger is tested using MATLAB/SIMULINK under different charging and discharging scenarios. An Electric Vehicle equipped with a bidirectional battery charging system has the ability to act as source or a load.