Latest Energy Storage Trends in Multi-Energy Standalone Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A Comprehensive Study

Amad Ali, Rabia Shakoor, Abdur Raheem, Hafiz Abd ul Muqeet, Qasim Awais, Ashraf Ali Khan and Mohsin Jamil
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Amad Ali: Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Rabia Shakoor: Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Abdur Raheem: Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Hafiz Abd ul Muqeet: Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, Punjab Tianjin University of Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
Qasim Awais: Department of Electronics Engineering, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi, Old Presidency, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan
Ashraf Ali Khan: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 240 Prince Phillips Drive, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada
Mohsin Jamil: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 240 Prince Phillips Drive, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-19

Abstract: The popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing day by day due to their environmentally friendly operation and high milage as compared to conventional fossil fuel vehicles. Almost all leading manufacturers are working on the development of EVs. The main problem associated with EVs is that charging many of these vehicles from the grid supply system imposes an extra burden on them, especially during peak hours, which results in high per-unit costs. As a solution, EV charging stations integrated with hybrid renewable energy resources (HREs) are being preferred, which utilize multi-energy systems to produce electricity. These charging stations can either be grid-tied or isolated. Isolated EV charging stations are operated without any interconnection to the main grid. These stations are also termed standalone or remote EV charging stations, and due to the absence of a grid supply, storage becomes compulsory for these systems. To attain maximum benefits from a storage system, it must be configured properly with the EV charging station. In this paper, different types of the latest energy storage systems (ESS) are discussed with a comprehensive review of configurations of these systems for multi-energy standalone EV charging stations. ESS in these charging stations is applied mainly in three different configurations, named single storage systems, multi-storage systems, and swappable storage systems. These configurations are discussed in detail with their pros and cons. Some important expectations from future energy storage systems are also highlighted.

Keywords: electric vehicle charging; energy storage configurations; future energy storage; multi-energy systems; renewable energy; standalone charging stations (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: 2022
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