DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF REGULATED CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Abstract

With the increasing potential of the application of electric vehicles, there is another side to be studied which points out towards limited range and long duration charging. Aim behind this paper is to make a charger which is capable to fulfil the gap between the commercial chargers with no features and the ones who have a higher power rating that need more protection and care in terms of domestic level use, and it will be the reference for new designs. The proposed design is having a low power rating. In India a domestic level electric supply is 230V 50Hz. So considering a maximum current we can use for a domestic household purpose, we made a charging system for an E-Rickshaw, E-Bike, E-Cycle and other small Electric Vehicles. For analysing this design two simulation software’s are adopted. This system offers various features like monitoring the process of charging, automatic cutting down the supply after the vehicle is fully charged. This makes the system very convenient and reliable for a user as well as vehicle. This system is offering a three different voltage levels that makes it unique and quite competitive with commercial chargers available in market for E-Cycle, E-Rickshaw, E-Bike and other small electric vehicles. According to the simulation results the charging time for a selected battery bank is significantly reduced by a 25%.