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Implementation of Efficient Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Charging

Abstract

Renewable energy sources are need of our future. The vehicles depend on fossil fuels for their daily trips; hence problems will arise in future as they are limited. There is a requirement to preserve the same. Plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) is future of our transportation system which will alleviate the use of fossil fuel to a great extent. Plug-in hybrid vehicle strategy is in demand as it relies less on combustion fuels. In this paper a solar based charging station idea is presented. There is on-going research to increase the efficiency of solar panel. It is difficult to increase the efficiency by changing the internal structure, therefore, a new technique called externally tarp the light is used to increase the efficiency of solar panel. A parabolic concentrator is designed which is then 3D printed. It reflects the photons that are incident on the surface and thus with retro-reflection efficiency gets increased. For an instance the vehicle’s battery is at threshold then to serve it mobile chargers (MC) are used. So here we have developed an android application that can alleviate range anxiety problem of PHEV users. It has various features like call the Mobile Servers (MS), range prediction with current battery status and slot booking. The mobile server relies on queuing technique that find out design parameter for such mobile charging system. Here, the design parameter is NJN (next-job-next) technique. In NJN, MC provides service to nearest PHEV when done with the recent one. As the charging stations are limited there is need to book the same. So, the application helps the driver to do the same. So, our main motto is to reduce range anxiety problem of PHEV users and preserve the environment by reducing harmful emissions from vehicles.

Pooja SP, Chand wadkar DM

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