DocumentCode :
2646810
Title :
Assessment of a battery charger for Electric Vehicles with reactive power control
Author :
Monteiro, Vitor ; Pinto, J.G. ; Exposto, Bruno ; Gonçalves, Henrique ; Ferreira, João C. ; Couto, Carlos ; Afonso, João L.
Author_Institution :
Centro Algoritmi, Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
fYear :
2012
fDate :
25-28 Oct. 2012
Firstpage :
5142
Lastpage :
5147
Abstract :
Batteries of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) have a large potential not only to provide energy for the locomotion of these vehicles, but also to interact, in dynamic way, with the power grid. Thereby, through the energy stored in the batteries, these vehicles can be used to regulate the active and the reactive power, as local Energy Storage Systems. This way, EVs can contribute to help the power grid to regulate the active and reactive power flow in order to stabilize the production and consumption of energy. For this propose should be defined usage profiles, controlled by a collaborative broker, taking into account the requirements of the power grid and the conveniences of the vehicle user. Besides, the interface between the power grid and the EVs, instead of using typical power converters that only work on unidirectional mode, need to use bidirectional power converters to charge the batteries (G2V - Grid-to-Vehicle mode) and to deliver part of the stored energy in the batteries back to the power grid (V2G - Vehicle-to-Grid mode). With the bidirectional power converter topology presented in this paper, the consumed current is sinusoidal and it is possible to regulate the power factor to control the reactive power, aiming to contribute to mitigate power quality problems in the power grid. To assess the behavior of the presented bidirectional power converter under different scenarios, are presented some computer simulations and experimental results obtained with a prototype that was developed to be integrated in an Electric Vehicle.
Keywords :
battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; electric locomotives; energy management systems; hybrid electric vehicles; power consumption; power convertors; power factor; power grids; power supply quality; reactive power control; G2V; PHEV; V2G; active power regulation; battery charger assessment; bidirectional power converter; collaborative broker; computer simulation; energy consumption; energy production; energy storage system; grid-to-vehicle mode; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; power factor; power grid; power quality; reactive power control; reactive power regulation; vehicle locomotion; vehicle-to-grid mode; Batteries; Collaboration; Prototypes; Reliability; Switches; TV;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
ISSN :
1553-572X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2419-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2012.6389554
Filename :
6389554
Link To Document :
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