Design of Solar Smart Street Light Powered Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Station by Using Internet of Things

Abstract

The development of civilization increases the usage of transportation. This tends to more CO 2 emission, which pollutes the air significantly. To overcome this issue an emerging technology called plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) was used which eliminates the consumption of fossil fuels. Instead of fueling, the vehicle is charged from electricity. The major issue in the implementation of PEV is the charging station to charge the batteries of the vehicles. Usage of conventional energies such as thermal and nuclear energy also pollutes the atmosphere. The renewable energies are the best alternatives for conventional energies. Nowadays the street lights are also converted as smart lights that is they are powered by solar energy which charges the battery of smart street lights. The capacity of the batteries installed for each light is more than enough to power it. So this excess energy is not used for any other purpose. In this paper, a new concept is introduced to utilize the excess energy from smart street lights, PEV is charged from series/parallel connection of all street light batteries. The entire process is monitored and controlled by using Internet of Things (IoT). This overall system is simulated by MATLAB/SIMULINK environment, and results are analyzed.

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