Control of a Vehicle-to-Grid Charging Dtation with a Double Integral Sliding Mode Controller
Hicham BEN SASSI, Yahia MAZZI, Fatima ERRAHIMI, Najia ES-SBAI, Khadija LAHRECH
Abstract. With the widespread adoption of vehicle-to-grid technology (V2G), bidirectional electric vehicle charging stations are now a necessity. These charging infrastructures allow injecting power from the electric vehicle (EV) to the grid in case the latter requires ancillary services. However, a robust control strategy is required to oversee the power transfer from or to the grid. In this regard, this paper investigates the performance of a double integral sliding mode controller used to control an isolated bidirectional dual active bridge converter. This latter is used in a DC-DC vehicle-to-grid charger due to its advantages. The purpose of the adopted control scheme in this paper is to maintain a stable DC-Bus voltage of 480 V while the EV injects power into the grid. The robustness of the proposed controller and its ability to achieve the desired performance were evaluated using a variable power profile. The simulation results yielded a response time of 0.03 seconds, an average voltage error of 0.7V, and a maximum error of 8V. This demonstrates the robustness and tracking performances of the proposed controller, and thus its suitability for V2G charging stations.
Keywords
Vehicle-to-Grid Technology, Double Integral Sliding Mode Controller, Dual Active Bridge Converter, Electric Vehicles, Battery State of Charge
Published online 4/25/2026, 8 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Hicham BEN SASSI, Yahia MAZZI, Fatima ERRAHIMI, Najia ES-SBAI, Khadija LAHRECH, Control of a Vehicle-to-Grid Charging Dtation with a Double Integral Sliding Mode Controller, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 64, pp 337-344, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644904091-42
The article was published as article 42 of the book Energy Futures
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