Efficient Energy Metering for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

Abstract

In the 21st-century, our planet is facing global warming because of high carbon emissions. Every country has acknowledged this issue and is taking steps to push the Electric Vehicle (e-vehicle or EV) system within the trade. For this purpose, e-vehicle charging infrastructure is required with less capital investment. Several trade consultants see charging infrastructure as a key hurdle for the expansion of this market and hence, the need for big-ticket investment. Public Electric Vehicle infrastructure is often settled in massive metropolitan areas. Supporting facilities like DC/AC charging with sensible energy metering using the support of leading eye technology is important element charging infrastructure. All of these make charging infrastructure one of the key areas to stress upon for native communities who wish to partake in the economic advantages that Public Electric Vehicle represents.

In this paper we propose smart metering system to measure the electricity consumed by the Electric Vehicle during charging at these stations and dispatch the bill as per consumption. IOT system is also proposed to collect data of the charging vehicle along with its billing history, to analyse utilisation and efficiency of the charging infrastructure.

Keywords: E-vehicle, DC/AC charging, IOT.