a controllable bidirectional rectifier for ev home charging station with g2h/g2vh/v2h/v2g functions

Finding effective solutions to enhance the process of electric vehicle charging has been the main subject of numerous studies. this paper presents a novel bidirectional multiport rectifier that can be used as a wall-box converter that is installed in the parking lot of smart buildings and is capable of providing dc-link for local dc loads, such as dc home appliances and charge connected ev, simultaneously. the proposed converter is capable of working in g2h/g2vh/v2h/v2g modes, enabling the utility grid and costumers to use the ev as a mobile power source and reactive power compensator. a control method is also presented that enables the converter to control active and reactive power according to the smart grid or customer processed commands. to validate the features of the proposed converter, it is simulated in matlab/simulink and the results are analyzed. a reduced-scale experimental setup of the proposed converter is built and tested, and the experimental results confirm the simulation ones