Design a charging station for electric vehicles in Singapore

• Main Author: Wang, Xiao.
• Other Authors: So Ping Lam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Applications of electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52246
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Electric Vehicle (EV) is a promising technology for future transportation because of its high energy conversion efficiency and the capability to reduce pollution. Building EV charging infrastructures is a necessary condition for the wide deployment of EVs. Hence, integration strategies for energy-efficiency in buildings and transport sectors gains increasing importance. This report focuses on the one of the limiting factors known as contracted capacity. In this project, the logic of evaluating a commercial building's EV charging capability with respect to contracted capacity is investigated with a toolbox developed so that the building's energy administrator can determine the number of EVs can be charged and the number of charging stations should be built. Meanwhile, a cost and benefit analysis is also performed, which demonstrates that investing in EV charging stations is a beneficial investment option.