A novel grid-tied, solar powered residential home with plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) loads

Author

Gurkaynak, Yusuf ; Li, Zhihao ; Khaligh, Alireza

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

813

Lastpage

816

Abstract

The design and analyses of a grid-connected residential photovoltaic (PV) system containing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) load is presented in this paper. In this system, PV arrays and battery packs are cascaded to supply power to the load. Solar energy is harvested by PV arrays, the terminal voltage of PV arrays is regulated by a DC/DC converter to track maximum power point (MPPT) using the incremental conductance method. Battery packs work as the energy storage system and the current controlled bi-directional DC/DC converter regulates the power flow between grid and battery. The interfaced inverter is also a bidirectional inverter.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; energy storage; hybrid electric vehicles; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; power grids; power system control; power system management; DC/DC converter; battery packs; bidirectional inverter; current controlled bi-directional; energy storage system; grid-connected residential photovoltaic system; incremental conductance method; maximum power point; photovoltaic arrays; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle loads; power flow regulation; solar energy; solar powered residential home; Batteries; DC-DC power converters; Energy storage; Hybrid electric vehicles; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power supplies; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Voltage; Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle; Residential; Solar Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2009. VPPC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2600-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2601-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289765

Filename

5289765