Analysis of Using Biogas Resources for Electric Vehicle Charging in Bangladesh: A Techno-Economic-Environmental Perspective

Ashish Kumar Karmaker, Md. Alamgir Hossain, Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Vishnupriyan Jagadeesan, Arunkumar Jayakumar and Biplob Ray
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Ashish Kumar Karmaker: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur 1707, Bangladesh
Md. Alamgir Hossain: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur 1707, Bangladesh
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar: School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Vishnupriyan Jagadeesan: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chennai Institute of Technology, Kundrathur, Chennai 600069, Tamil Nadu, India
Arunkumar Jayakumar: Department of Automobile Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
Biplob Ray: Centre for Intelligent Systems, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: The growing popularity of electric vehicles (EV) is creating an increasing burden on the power grid in Bangladesh due to massive energy consumption. Due to this uptake of variable energy consumption, environmental concerns, and scarcity of energy lead to investigate alternative energy resources that are readily available and environment friendly. Bangladesh has enormous potential in the field of renewable resources, such as biogas and biomass. Therefore, this paper proposes a design of a 20 kW electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) using biogas resources. A comprehensive viability analysis is also presented for the proposed EVCS from technological, economic, and environmental viewpoints using the HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources) model. The viability result shows that with the capacity of 15–20 EVs per day, the proposed EVCS will save monthly $16.31 and $29.46, respectively, for easy bike and auto-rickshaw type electric vehicles in Bangladesh compare to grid electricity charging. Furthermore, the proposed charging station can reduce 65.61% of CO 2 emissions than a grid-based charging station.

Keywords: electric vehicle charging station (EVCS); electric vehicles (EVs); biogas; biomass resources; HOMER; CO 2 emissions; payback period (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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