How does load management work in charging management software?
Load Management is the term used when you use software to control the power of your EV charge.while using home charging option we simply plug charger into home power supply but that is not with public charging.There are many other ev owners will be in que for charging their vehicle.Charging multiple EVs at the same time can put a lot of strain on existing electrical infrastructures and could lead to an overload.
As an example, if four vehicles are present and in need of charging, and the current used for a 32A, 3.6kW charger is 40A, then each car would be charged at 10A.
Role of CMS (Charge management system)
Charge management system allows you to control how much electricity each charging station can use when multiple electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) units are connected to the same circuit.Once set, the chargers will automatically use your chosen protocol to balance how much electricity each can use at a time.
Load Balancing
Although electrical panel can handle and supply energy , things become trickier when multiple are used. Charging multiple electric vehicles at the same time may lead to electricity load issues on your facility transformer.Also Increase the load sanction by your DISCOM is a costly process. That’s where local load or charge management systems come in. With this you can charge your electric vehicles while maintaining the load balancing.
Let’s understand thi with an example, an electrical panel is capable of providing 80 amps and there are 4 chargers each needing 40 amps at full charge capacity.
they would demand more electricity than the panel can provide, causing issues at the electrical panel. But when the chargers are able to communicate with each other, electricity can be spread out amongst all four charging stations.
Different ways in which load management supply electricity
Equally distributed load sharing
First in first charge
Equally distributed load sharing -with this method each charger will get the same amount of electricity depending on how many amps are available and how many stations are being used. Using the example of the electrical panel that provides 100 amps and 5 chargers are there in que, each charger will distribute 20 amps, providing an even load between them. If one were to leave, each four would get 25 amps.
First in first charge - The first of the five charging stations would charge its electric vehicle at full capacity while the second vehicle would get as much electricity as it could with what was still available. If both vehicles are charging at full capacity with spare electricity would charge the third vehicle. Once the first vehicle leaves, the electrical load it was using would move to the third vehicle and so on.
Kazam CMS Software
But by having Kazam charging stations you can charge your electric vehicles while maintaining the load balancing. Kazam charging stations communicate to a central cloud and your total load sanctioned will be kept in check.
As a fleet company, You will need data on your fueling costs and that is where analytics provided by Kazam Charging Management Software will come in handy. Using CMS not only you can monitor but also control all your charging stations from one single window.Kazam CMS also provides a developer dashboard, API integration, in case you want your own mobile app or portal. And the real beauty of our CMS is that it not only connects to Kazam chargers but to all OCPP chargers as well.
Also you get OTA support on the charging stations, so the software on the charger always remains new. Our pricing models are flexible and both fixed and subscription pricing is available. Watch this video or visit the Kazam CMS website to know more.
