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Fast Charging of an Electric Bus Fleet and Its Impact on the Power Quality Based on On-Site Measurements

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  • Aleksander Chudy

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Electrotechnologies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38 A, 20-618 Lublin, Poland)

  • Piotr Hołyszko

    (Department of Electrical Drives and Machines, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38 A, 20-618 Lublin, Poland)

  • Paweł Mazurek

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Electrotechnologies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38 A, 20-618 Lublin, Poland)

Abstract

The subject of this study was a distribution substation that feeds 14 fast DC chargers (80 kW) located at the bus depot in Lublin, Poland. The voltage variations were determined to be within the PN-EN 50160 standard limit values (±10% Un). There were several events registered when 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th voltage harmonics were above the PN-EN 50160 limit during the charging of the electric buses. The obtained maximum 10 min average values of the total voltage harmonic distortion (THD) were 3.36%, 2.27%, and 2.89% for the first, second, and third phase, respectively, i.e., below the limit value of 8% required by PN-EN 50160. Due to the exceedance of the 6th voltage harmonic, the PN-EN 50160 requirements were not met.

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  • Aleksander Chudy & Piotr Hołyszko & Paweł Mazurek, 2022. "Fast Charging of an Electric Bus Fleet and Its Impact on the Power Quality Based on On-Site Measurements," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-16, July.
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