A Group Approach of Smart Hybrid Poles with Renewable Energy, Street Lighting and EV Charging Based on DC Micro-Grid

Jiawei Yao, Yongming Zhang, Zhe Yan and Li Li
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Jiawei Yao: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Yongming Zhang: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Zhe Yan: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Li Li: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Energy crisis and environmental pollution have become global problems, and the increasing use of energy has caused climate change. Electric vehicle (EV) is regarded as the future of the automotive industry, because of the lesser impact on the environment than traditional vehicles. In recent years, electric vehicles have developed rapidly. However, the development of charging points and service cannot adapt to the development trend of EV. In urban areas, the distribution characteristics of street lighting and charging points are similar. Therefore, the street lighting pole with EV charging is proposed. However, due to the capacity limit of public grid, the single hybrid pole is only suitable for slow charging. This paper proposes hybrid poles group based on renewable energy, street lighting, and EV charging, which can realize fast charging and slow charging based on DC micro-grid with help of energy storage device. For studying the suitable number in a group of smart hybrid pole, the efficiency model of smart hybrid poles group is proposed. The efficiency model indicates that the group approach has better performance than the single pole, which provides a theoretical basis for practical construction.

Keywords: electric vehicle (EV) charging; street lighting; smart hybrid poles; DC micro-grid; renewable energy; energy storage; cloud management system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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