In Novosibirsk, scientists have created an electric vehicle emulator — a device that allows testing the quality and diagnosing malfunctions of electric charging stations. This was reported by the press service of the Novosibirsk State Technical University.
The developed emulator can be used to control the quality of manufactured electric charging stations in production conditions, as well as to diagnose emerging malfunctions of operated stations.
Currently, the process of testing charging stations is very complex and time-consuming. To identify possible malfunctions at the station, a large fleet of electric vehicles is required. However, thanks to the development of Novosibirsk scientists, this problem can be solved.
The emulator includes software and hardware modules that simulate the operation of electric vehicles with popular charging standards, as well as a power load installation.
As Evgeny Abramov, a researcher at the Center for Technological Excellence and assistant at the Department of Electrical Engineering Complexes of NSTU, noted, the emulator was created specifically for such tests and does not require complex preparation for work. It fully reproduces the functionality of the nodes of real electric vehicles responsible for charging batteries, allowing the operator to set and control all parameters of the process.
In the near future, the electric vehicle emulator will be transferred to an industrial partner for conducting production tests of the created charging stations.
Earlier it became known that three charging stations for electric vehicles will appear on the federal highway M-8 in the Arkhangelsk region. Their power will be 150 kW. The stations will be located at the entrance to Velsk, in the village of Bereznik, Vinogradovsky district, and in Arkhangelsk near the new road ring Okruzhnoye Highway – Dachnaya Street. The installation of the complexes was undertaken by the company "Metall trading".
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