Analysis of energy quality in electric bicycle charging stations

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the impact that electric bicycles introduced on national mobility and, consequently, the need to charge the battery regularly can cause on the quality of distributed electric energy. The study was conducted using an analytical method, which includes the analysis of loading tests. For this, tests were carried out at an electric vehicle fast charging station, in order to obtain an analysis of the impact of this technology on the electrical distribution network. For the collected data (voltage, current, power, harmonic content and phase balance), only the average values of each quantity were analyzed, except for the harmonic content in each order, for which the maximum values were analyzed. The data were recorded continuously throughout the loading interval, with sampling periods of 1 second.