Mitigation of the impact of high plug-in electric vehicle penetration on residential distribution grid using smart charging strategies

Authors

Chong Cao, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Luting Wang, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Bo Chen, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

12-3-2016

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Abstract

Vehicle electrification presents a great opportunity to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions. The greater use of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), however, puts stress on local distribution networks. This paper presents an optimal PEV charging control method integrated with utility demand response (DR) signals to mitigate the impact of PEV charging to several aspects of a grid, including load surge, distribution accumulative voltage deviation, and transformer aging. To build a realistic PEV charging load model, the results of National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) have been analyzed and a stochastic PEV charging model has been defined based on survey results. The residential distribution grid contains 120 houses and is modeled in GridLAB-D. Co-simulation is performed using Matlab and GridLAB-D to enable the optimal control algorithm in Matlab to control PEV charging loads in the residential grid modeled in GridLAB-D. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed optimal charging control method in mitigating the negative impacts of PEV charging on the residential grid.

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© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.3390/en9121024

Publication Title

Energies

Recommended Citation

Cao, C., Wang, L., & Chen, B. (2016). Mitigation of the impact of high plug-in electric vehicle penetration on residential distribution grid using smart charging strategies. Energies, 9(12). http://doi.org/10.3390/en9121024
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