"How Well do you Know about EVSE?"
"Electric car charger installations, Work charging point ( 650+ words)"
[ "How Well Do You Know About EVSE?Over time, developments are now becoming faster and also dynamic in nature. Just a decade back it was hard to imagine vehicles running on electric charges only and not the fuel combustion. All these years it was the process of fuel combustion that cars widely used and made a lot of developments, but at present, there are the other variants like the electric motors which divide the load and dependence on just one type.Electric VehiclesElectric motors are extremely new in the market and so their mechanism is not that clear to most of the drivers. Other things remain more or less the same as that found in the fuel combustion system, just the use of fuel is replaced with electrical energy. In this way cars shall not be responsible for fossil fuel depletion and neither will it be the cause of environmental pollution anymore as electric cars will not release poisonous carbon monoxide into the air.Major Components of EVElectric vehicles run on electrical charge and so their internal structure is a little different. Let us have a close look at it.The battery is one of the major parts of such vehicles as an auxiliary battery is installed in it for sending a charge to the electrical accessories throughout the car. Then the next part would be the charging port which connects the charge points with that of the external power supply to receive powerThe DC converter is the other part that helps in the conversion of high voltage to low voltage DC during the charging process. The electric traction motor is there to control the wheels using the charge from the auxiliary battery.The onboard charger is another vital part of the EV which transforms the AC charge that enters the vehicle through the charge port into the DC charge. It also controls a lot of other things like the battery characteristics and the state of charge when charging is on. There are other vital parts like the power electronics controller, thermal system, traction battery pack, transmission.Electric Charging StationAs the electric vehicles require an electric charge to run, it needs to be charged. So the car has to get attached to an external charging point from where it shall draw all the power; just like a car drawing fuel from the gas station. For this reason, Electric car charger installations are done in places.The charging stations are also called electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). These are installed in places like the shopping centres and at the municipal parking area for the easy approach of vehicles. Some are established by private companies and some by electric utility companies. As these are found in the public places where various kinds of EVs shall come to charge up, these units are provided with special connectors which can adapt and connect with all kinds of charging connectors for electrical motors.Broadly, there are about three levels of charging stations with connectors based on their pace of charging a vehicle. To begin with, we have level 1 charging stations which have a power of 120V and along with an AC plug and a proper circuit for it. And an hour of charging shall allow a vehicle to go up to 5 miles.Then there are the level 2 charging stations with a power of 240 volts, AC plug. As these are a little higher in charging capacity, so an hour of charging through this shall allow an EV to drive for about 10 to 20 miles range. It usually requires a public or home charging equipment installation unlike the first one. In fact, these level 2 chargers are what you shall see around at different places because of their convenience. This Work charging point has the same capacity as that of the home stations.The next higher level of charging station is level 3. These level three chargers are called the DC fast chargers. It has a power capacity of 480 volts with a DC plug. These chargers allow over 40 miles of drive for only 10-minute charging; but sadly, these do not comply with all types of vehicles." ]