DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

“PV BASED OFF-GRID CHARGING STATION”

Project Synopsis

Submitted by,

TEJAS M(1RV19EE065)
APALA GWALERA(1RV19EE069)
RAVINANDANA R A(1RV18EE043)

Under the guidance of

Dr. Srivani S G
Professor and Head
Dept. of EEE
RV College of Engineering®

Bachelor of Engineering in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2022-2023
RV College of Engineering®, Bengaluru
(Autonomous institution affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
INTRODUCTION

In today's world, the increase in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere, as
well as the natural result of the global warming issue,in order to achieve a cleaner
environment, it is aimed to increase the number of Electric Vehicles (EVs) by completely
removing fossil fuel vehicles from the market. However, it is known that as the number of
EVs grows, the energy demand for the electricity grid will increase and some grid problems
will occur. Moreover, it is well recognized that as the number of EVs grows, so will increase
the energy demand for the electricity grid, causing potential grid difficulties.The government
is taking initiatives for the introduction and manufacture of full range of electric vehicles, to
tackle pollution. Sadly, the lack of EV charging infrastructure dissuades many buyers. This
leads to a chicken-egg conundrum impairing penetration of EVs on road.
This project proposes a clean, environmentally friendly, renewable EV charging station
approach to overcome potential grid issues. This system comprises a renewable energy source
Photovoltaic (PV) based, off-grid, EV charging model with its own storage system, in rural
areas where there is no/insufficient electricity grid or where grid load needs to be minimized.
Off-grid solar systems will produce extra electricity during the day. This extra electricity is
sent to the batteries for storage. The energy stored in the batteries can then be accessed at
night or during cloudy days when the system is not producing energy and the extra generated
energy is pushed back to the grid from the battery through Vehicle to Grid(V2G) technology
to reduce the charging costs of EV’s.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

To reduce the energy demand on grid in urban areas due to increase in the number of Electric
Vehicles and to reduce the cost of charging.

OBJECTIVES

● To be able to achieve a significant level of energy security in terms of power

generation.
● Resiliency in terms of continuous availability of power even during grid blackouts.
● Simulation of Vehicle to grid(V2G) technology to balance out electricity demand and
reduce charging cost.
● To design an off-grid PV based charging station for electric vehicles.

SOFTWARE USED

● MATLAB SIMULINK
BLOCK DIAGRAM

Figure 1 : PV based off-grid charging station

Figure 2 : Vehicle to Grid(V2G) technology