Power quality improvement in distributed energy resources for EV charging using STATCOM

In this paper, the power quality problems faced by electric vehicle (EV) charging stations has been discussed. A distributed energy system consisting of STATCOM has been proposed to overcome the power quality challenges. To support the idea, the conventional system without STATCOM and the proposed system are simulated in MATLAB Simulink for various power quality contingencies tests like voltage swell, voltage sags by introducing faults on the test bed.