Title :
Harmonic load flow study for electric vehicle chargers
Author :
Lo, E.W.C. ; Sustanto, D. ; Fok, C.C.
Author_Institution :
Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
The electric vehicle (EV) is one of the ways of reducing air pollution in urban areas. Encouraging the charging of EVs at night will improve the loading factor of power systems. EV batteries can also be regarded as an energy reservoir of surplus energy without extra investment. However, harmonic current drawn by EV chargers may have impacts on the equipment of the power system. This paper is a case study of harmonic load flow of currents drawn by a group of EV chargers. The aim is to describe the study approach and to determine the level of impact of the harmonics generated
Keywords :
battery chargers; electric vehicles; load flow; power system harmonics; electric vehicle batteries; electric vehicle chargers; harmonic current; harmonic load flow study; power system loading factor; surplus energy reservoir; Batteries; Electric vehicles; Harmonic analysis; Investments; Load flow analysis; Power generation; Power system analysis computing; Power system harmonics; Power system simulation; Reservoirs;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 1999. PEDS '99. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5769-8
DOI :
10.1109/PEDS.1999.794613
