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Methodology for the Optimal Design of a Hybrid Charging Station of Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles Supplied by Renewable Energies and an Energy Storage System

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  • Higinio Sánchez-Sáinz

    (Research Group in Electrical Technologies for Sustainable and Renewable Energy (PAIDI-TEP-023), Department of Electrical Engineering, ESI Puerto Real, University of Cádiz, Avda. Universidad de Cádiz, nº10, 11519 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain)

  • Carlos-Andrés García-Vázquez

    (Research Group in Electrical Technologies for Sustainable and Renewable Energy (PAIDI-TEP-023), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cádiz, EPS Algeciras, Avda. Ramón Puyol, s/n, 11202 Algeciras (Cádiz), Spain)

  • Francisco Llorens Iborra

    (Research Group in Electrical Technologies for Sustainable and Renewable Energy (PAIDI-TEP-023), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cádiz, EPS Algeciras, Avda. Ramón Puyol, s/n, 11202 Algeciras (Cádiz), Spain)

  • Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez

    (Research Group in Electrical Technologies for Sustainable and Renewable Energy (PAIDI-TEP-023), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cádiz, EPS Algeciras, Avda. Ramón Puyol, s/n, 11202 Algeciras (Cádiz), Spain)

Abstract

The global energy system is changing, mainly to achieve sustainable transport technologies and clean electrical generation based on renewable sources. Thus, as fuels, electricity and hydrogen are the most promising transport technologies in order to reduce greenhouse emissions. On the other hand, photovoltaic and wind energies, including energy storage, have become the main sources of distributed generation. This study proposes a new optimal-technical sizing method based on the Simulink Design Optimization of a stand-alone microgrid with renewable energy sources and energy storage to provide energy to a wireless power transfer system to charge electric vehicles along a motorway and to a hydrogen charging station for fuel cell-powered buses. The results show that the design system can provide energy for the charging of electric vehicles along the motorway and produce the hydrogen consumed by the fuel cell-buses plus a certain tank reserve. The flexibility of the study allows the analysis of other scenarios, design requirements, configurations or types of microgrids.

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  • Higinio Sánchez-Sáinz & Carlos-Andrés García-Vázquez & Francisco Llorens Iborra & Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez, 2019. "Methodology for the Optimal Design of a Hybrid Charging Station of Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles Supplied by Renewable Energies and an Energy Storage System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-20, October.
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