A Smart Internet of Energy Approach to Solar-Powered Wireless Charging: From Hardware Prototyping to Cloud-Based Energy Management
Year: 2026
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper presents the integration of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based monitoring solution combined with an Energy Management System (EMS) for an experimental energy chain implemented in the Advanced Systems Engineering Laboratory (ISA Laboratory), National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Ibn Tofail University. The considered system includes a renewable energy source, namely photovoltaic (PV) generation, supplying a wireless power transfer (WPT) charger designed for electric vehicle (EV) charging. The objective is to provide realtime supervision of energy production, transfer, and consumption across the entire system. To achieve this objective, a distributed monitoring architecture based on ESP32 acquisition nodes and electrical sensors is developed. Two monitoring nodes are installed at key points of the energy chain: the first near the gridside power converter to monitor the electrical quantities associated with the WPT transmitter, and the second at the vehicle-side power converter to measure the voltage and current delivered to the EV battery. The gathered information is then sent through the gateway node to a cloud-based Energy Management System (EMS), where the process can be visualized and monitored in real time. The suggested architecture allows for uninterrupted monitoring of PV energy generation and EV charging processes without interfering with the current power electronics control system, thus providing a viable approach to monitoring and future implementation of more sophisticated EMS functions.
Institution: Université Ibn-Tofail
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7204147969