Controlled charging of electric vehicles in residential distribution networks

Author

O´Connell, Alison ; Flynn, Damian ; Richardson, Paul ; Keane, Andrew

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Electron. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2012

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The integration of electric vehicles (EVs) poses potential issues for low voltage (LV) distribution networks, such as voltage deviations and overloading of equipment. Controlled EV charging is seen as one possibility for reducing, or even eliminating, these issues. This work presents an optimisation method which focuses on controlling the rate at which EVs charge over a 24-hour time horizon, subject to certain constraints. A sample distribution network is used and the optimisation tool is tested for multiple objective functions.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; distribution networks; optimisation; 24-hour time horizon; EV; LV distribution network; electric vehicle charging control; low voltage distribution networks; multiple objective functions; optimisation tool; residential distribution networks; sample distribution network; voltage deviations; Educational institutions; Linear programming; Load modeling; Optimization; Sensitivity; Voltage control; Wind forecasting; Electric Vehicle; Load Flow; Optimisation; Smart Grid;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Europe), 2012 3rd IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Berlin

ISSN

2165-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2595-0

Electronic_ISBN

2165-4816

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2012.6465676

Filename

6465676