Reusing of waste battery of hybrid vehicle for DC picogrid

Abstract

Picogrid is a small-scale electricity grid that is used to supply small loads such as lighting, fans, and charging batteries on a laptop or smartphone. Picogrid has some advantages such reduce the conversion losses because the load is connected directly to the power source and reduce cost with independent power source from grid. The picogrid we propose is supplied by the battery from electric vehicle which will reach their end of life cycle. Electric vehicle battery will have some capability to store and provide energy for second life application. This paper would evaluate the performance of waste battery from hybrid vehicle supplied DC picogrid. The result of this paper is to acknowledge that the waste battery still can be used for storage system.