An electric vehicle charging station: Monitoring and analysis of power quality

Author

Pinto, R.J.C. ; Pombo, J. ; Calado, M.R.A. ; Mariano, S.J.P.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromech. Eng., Univ. of Beira interior, Covilha, Portugal

fYear

2015

fDate

24-26 June 2015

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

42

Abstract

Electric vehicles are a relatively recent technology that is seeking for its place in the market. It has several advantages, such as the reduced greenhouse emissions, fuel savings and its ease of use. The increase of the electric vehicles in the roads raises issues about their impact on the grid, in terms of power quality. This paper presents the main considerations about power balance and the impact of an electric vehicle charge in the voltage, current, and total harmonic distortion. An experimental charging station prototype for Modes 2 and 3 is used to acquire data of voltage, current and active and reactive power for different charging profiles and battery state of charge.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; harmonic distortion; power grids; power markets; power supply quality; power system measurement; reactive power; secondary cells; active power; battery state of charge; current distortion; electric vehicle charging station; power balance; power grid; power market; power quality analysis; power quality monitoring; reactive power; total harmonic distortion; voltage distortion; Batteries; Charging stations; Harmonic analysis; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Vehicles; charging stations; electric vehicles; power quality; three-phase electric power; total harmonic distortion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compatibility and Power Electronics (CPE), 2015 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Costa da Caparica

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPE.2015.7231046

Filename

7231046