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A Monitoring System for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A Prototype in the Amazon

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  • Elen Lobato

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Lucas Prazeres

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Iago Medeiros

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Felipe Araújo

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Denis Rosário

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Eduardo Cerqueira

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Maria Tostes

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Ubiratan Bezerra

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Wellington Fonseca

    (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE), Institute of Technology (ITEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Campus Guamá, Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, Belém 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Andréia Antloga

    (Norte Energia S.A, Brasília 70390-025, DF, Brazil)

Abstract

Among the main problems faced in the context of electric mobility today, the management and monitoring of electric vehicle charging stations, the integration between the diverse types of technologies that make up its architecture, and its low scalability stand out. Therefore, we will present the implementation and complete integration of an electric vehicle charging system in an electric mobility pilot project being executed in the Amazon region in Brazil. Therefore, a literature review of related works will be presented, and its entire implementation will be addressed, from the charging infrastructure, through its back-end system and its Internet of things platform, to its front-end web system for monitoring charging stations. In addition, a complete prototype is created with a real testbed to verify the scalability of the implemented physical system. Based on the testbed evaluations performed, we observe that the implemented system performs well in receiving and sending data from up to 160 electric vehicle charging stations, achieving an average consumption of 26% for CPU and 95% for memory. In addition, it is important to mention that the deployed system supports horizontal scalability, enabling the connection of more charging stations and making it ideal for other integrated systems similar to ours. Based upon the main results obtained with the implemented system, the possibility of carrying out the management and monitoring of charging stations stands out; the integration of different technologies, from the back end and IoT middleware to its front end; a system that supports scalability, enabling the connection of more charging stations; and a reference architecture for charging station management and monitoring systems for the Amazon region.

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  • Elen Lobato & Lucas Prazeres & Iago Medeiros & Felipe Araújo & Denis Rosário & Eduardo Cerqueira & Maria Tostes & Ubiratan Bezerra & Wellington Fonseca & Andréia Antloga, 2022. "A Monitoring System for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A Prototype in the Amazon," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-23, December.
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