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SMART E-VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM

USING RFID
A. Ajithkumar1, M. Ajithkumar2, S. Gopi3, V.G. Balajisabarinathan4, Mr. C. Gowrishankar5
1,2,3,4, UG Students, 5 Assistant Professor,

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Paavai Engg. College, Namakkal, India .

Abstract
With an increased number of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on the roads, charging infrastructure
is gaining an ever-more important role in simultaneously meeting the needs of the local distribution
grid and of EV users. This paper proposed system RFID system for user identification and charging
authorization as part of a smart charging infrastructure providing charge monitoring and control.
The RFID provides a cost-efficient solution to identify and authorize vehicles for charging and
would allow EV charging to be conducted effectively while observing grid constraints and meeting
the needs of EV drivers. The vehicle charging is based on voltage level. In this system we can
monitor our charging level through the server at any where any time using IOT.

1. Introduction for vehicle identification and charging

As the number of EVs on the road’s authorization.
increases, charging stations in both parking The Internet of Things, also called things-
structures and private garages will become more linked internet, it refers to a kind of network that
prevalent. These stations will be responsible for adopts RFID (radio frequency identification) and to
meeting the requirements of the distribution grid, enable the linkage between any articles and the
EV owners, and parking structure operators. For internet, to enable the exchange and communication
security and financial reasons, among the many of information.
functions these charging stations will perform are
user authorization, authentication, and billing. Other This paper aims to discuss the application of
commercial charging stations, such as Coulomb and RFID technology in the battery charging stations,
Blink require a short-range RFID card for the same and analyse the technical advantages of RFID
purpose. technology in the electric vehicle identification as
well as the unified management of the battery
In both cases, extra steps on the part of the charging compartment. Here for the output power
user must be taken to authorize charging. The supply SMPS (switching mode power supply) is
authors in propose using conventional RFID tags used
inside EVs and RFID readers on parking garage
access gates together with middleware and an
aggregate charging controller to authorize, assign,
and enable charging. However, this system still
requires action from the user and is not as flexible
as may be desired. The proposed improvements
allow charging authorization to take place
seamlessly at multiple charging stations in a single
geographic location without any action on the part
of the user. Vehicle Monitoring/Identification
Modules (VMMs), located in EVs, act as RFID tags
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2.1 Block diagram 2. Remote diagnostics, remote resolution

Occasionally things go wrong, cars don’t
behave as they should and charge points enter fault
states. Being connected means that Pod Point can
diagnose and remedy most faults without having to
send a Pod Point Expert to your home, reducing the
time that chargers are down.
3. “Over the Air” (OTA) updates
We periodically make tweaks to our
software. These tweaks can be as simple as updates
to account for subtle differences in how new
vehicles to market behave while charging, or can be
related to the rollout of whole new Smart product
features. Being connected means these updates can
be done instantaneously and at scale, meaning
charge points can be kept up to date long after their
installation.
Figure 2.1 Block diagram of smart EV charger
4. Remotely manage charge events
A smart Electric vehicle charging From the personal management, such as
infrastructure is composed of electric vehicle, scheduling your car to charge during Economy 7
electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), hours, to minimise cost (coming soon from the Pod
connectors connecting vehicle to EVSE and secure Point app), or controlling groups of chargers in
network connecting EVSE to the IoT cloud service future to balance the grid during times of unusually
to transmit data using secured wireless technology. high demand. For example, the World Cup typically
sees power surges as the UK makes tea in unison for
The IoT cloud service offers applications
5-minute periods at half time, ramping charge down
that receive, analyse and manage data in real-time to
during this 5 mins could save starting some dirty,
assist EV users in making real time decision that
quick response power plants without materially
would enhance the quality of EV charging. Here
inconveniencing EV drivers.
while tapping the RFID tag into the RFID reader
then the signal is given to the Arduino controller
board. Next step the user can select the output port
because of in this smart charging system has the
three level of output ranges like 60V output, 48V
output and 12V output ranges. The Smart EV
charging station is an innovative product developed
for the growth of both two-wheeler and four-
wheeler. The benefits of using this given below.

1. Energy Usage Reports

Having a Smart unit means you can view
your energy usage on our App. You can also
download these as .csv reports. This information has
several uses from; recording how much energy
you’ve used, monitoring how green your charging is
(in terms of real-world carbon intensity geCO2/km)
and recording work expenses.

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2.2 FEATURES OF IOT SOLUTIONS IN EV

CHARGING

Communication technologies – ZigBee, 3G,

Wi-Fi and Ethernet broadband - which facilitate real
time transport of data to various internet enabled
systems components. Smart Sensors to monitor
transformer metering, operation and health.
Demand Response based scheduling strategies.
Smart phones –android to capture customer data

Figure 2.2 IOT cloud storage

Figure 2.3 Energy Independence
E-mobility can play a major role in the development Adoption of E-mobility will reduce the dependency
of Indian economy. It helps in reducing fuel cost, on import of conventional fuels
government rebates, lower operation and
maintenance costs

Figure 2.4 Global warming

Smart cities are places where objects and

 Patrons will Stay Longer
infrastructure are networked and able to
 No license required to operate EV
communicate with each other, thus increasing the
charging stations
ability to monitor, control, and connect them. EVs
 Policies to provide subsidy for setting up
have onboard GPS, software, and batteries that can
EV Charging Infrastructure in India
easily network with other devices, creating many
Electric cars typically need to be charged for at least more opportunities for cities to become smarter. Use
an hour, which means that any patrons who are of Conventional fuel emits huge amount of CO2,
using the charging station will stay in the facility for hence moving to zero emissions electric transport is
long time one of the key ideas to reduce global warming.

2.3 Applications
 Small Business
 City Centres
 Shopping Centres
 Multifamily and Office buildings
 Restaurants & coffee shops

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 Sports & Exercise Facilities The coin-based mobile battery chargers are
 Major Government Administrative offices designed to solve this problem. The user has to
 Entrepreneurs plug the mobile phone into one of the adapters and
insert a coin; the phone will then be given a micro-
[Link] system pulse for charging. It does not bring a mobile from
'dead' to fully charged state. The charging
Usually ordinary solar panel is always facing
capacity of the mobile is designed with the help of
only in one direction. Because of this reason the
pre defined values.
solar panel may not get sufficient sun rays to work.
In this work SOLAR PANEL CONTROLLER
AND POWER OPTIMIZATION is done in order
to overcome this defect.

Here the panel will rotate according to the

readings read by the LDR. So, it will utilize the full
sun light to work & power optimization is also
done by using the LDR. This work mainly
designed to control the solar panel automatically,
maintains face of the solar panel towards the sun.
This is done by controlling the mechanical
movement of the solar panel. Usually sun rises at
east and sets at west. In ordinary system, if it faces
towards east then it cannot change the direction
towards sun during sunset. Because of this reason
solar panel may not get sufficient sun rays to work.

These problems are overcome by using this

work. In this work we also build a very good micro
controller based solar charger. The coin based
mobile battery charger developed in this work
Figure 3.1 Existing system
providing a unique service to the rural public
where grid power is not available for partial/full [Link] and discussion
daytime and a source of revenue for site providers.
Here in this system we have to provide three
The coin-based mobile battery charger can be
level of outputs. In normal EV charging points there
quickly and easily installed outside any business
is a single output port only available but here in this
premises.
system provide up to three output ports like 60V,
The mobile phone [1] market is a vast industry, 48V, 12V Output ports. While tapping the RFID
and has spread into rural areas as an essential Tag into the RFID reader then the reader reads the
means of communication. While the urban specific value in the tag after that the signal passes
population use more sophisticated mobiles with through the Arduino controller then the controller
good power batteries lasting for several days, the switches the particular relay coil. Finally, the EV
rural population buy the pre owned mobile phones system is get charged for particular predetermined
that require charging frequently [2]. Many times, time duration. Wi-Fi module is connected with the
battery [3] becomes flat in the middle of Arduino controller while tapping the RFID tag the
conversation particularly at inconvenient times information has send to the owner and the total time
when access to a standard charger isn't possible. of charging is stored in the cloud storage. This type
of charging process reduce the complexity of

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payment method and reduce the components of EV 2013 IEEE International Conference on RFID
chargers because the single system provide three Technologies and Applications, In press
outputs. Then the total consumption of power and
charging period of time all the information’s are
stored in the cloud platform so the owner can easily
access the date from the cloud.

6.-Conclusion
In future the demand of EV system is
necessary to control the air pollution as well as the
global warming. Internet of Things (IoT) based
smart charger has been developed to monitor status
of batteries in EV systems. The IoT which is
developed here uses a cloud platform and Android
Apps for communication purposes. The car user can
easily check the usage of his charging process. The
data stored in the Adafruit IO lasts for 30 days. For
future work, handling of multiple users could be
implemented so as to compare the status of different
users.

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