Title :
Bidirectional vehicle-to-grid interface under a microgrid project
Author :
Leite, Vitor ; Ferreira, Andre ; Batista, Jorge
Author_Institution :
Polytech. Inst. of Braganca, Braganca, Portugal
Abstract :
In the emergent deployment of the smart grids, storage systems play an important role into assets utilization optimization, providing backup power and peak-shaving. This concept becomes more critical in the context of microgrids with a high penetration of renewable energy resources. Plug-in electric vehicles provide an enormous distributed storage capability, which favours the technical and economical exploitation of such systems. This paper presents a comprehensive implementation and control of a bidirectional power converter for vehicle-to-grid integration, based on a bidirectional DC/DC converter followed by a full bridge DC/AC converter. The evaluation of the adopted topology and its control is performed through simulation and experimental validation.
Keywords :
DC-AC power convertors; DC-DC power convertors; distributed power generation; electric vehicles; network topology; renewable energy sources; smart power grids; bidirectional DC-DC power converter; bidirectional vehicle-to-grid interface; bridge DC-AC converter; distributed storage capability; microgrid project; plug-in electric vehicles; renewable energy resources; smart grids; topology; Context; Decision support systems; Electric vehicles; Microgrids; Optimization; Renewable energy sources; Smart grids; Batteries; Converters; Distributed Generation; Energy storage; Grid-to-Vehicle; Microgrids; Vehicle-to-Grid;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2014 IEEE 15th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Santander
DOI :
10.1109/COMPEL.2014.6877175