Electric vehicle charging method for smart homes/buildings with a photovoltaic system

Author

Young-Min Wi ; Jong-uk Lee ; Sung-Kwan Joo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Korea Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

59

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

May-13

Firstpage

323

Lastpage

328

Abstract

Due to the increased penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) and photovoltaic (PV) systems, additional application for home/building energy management system (EMS) is needed to determine when and how much to charge an electric vehicle in an individual home/building. This paper presents a smart EV charging method for smart homes/buildings with a PV system. The paper consists of two parts: EV charging scheduling algorithm for smart homes/buildings and implementation of prototype application for home/building EMS. The proposed EV charging algorithm is designed to determine the optimal schedules of EV charging based on predicted PV output and electricity consumption. The implemented prototype application for home/building EMS can provide EV charging schedules according to user preferences. Numerical results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed smart EV charging method.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; electric vehicles; energy management systems; power consumption; scheduling; smart power grids; EV charging scheduling algorithm; PV systems; electric vehicle charging method; electricity consumption; home-building EMS; home-building energy management system; photovoltaic system; smart EV charging method; smart homes-buildings; Electric vehicles; Electricity; Energy management; Prediction algorithms; Smart homes; System-on-chip; BuildingEnergy Management System. Smart Electric Vehicle Charging; Home Energy Management System; Photovoltaic System;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2013.6531113

Filename

6531113