Impact assessment of electric vehicle charging on hydro Ottawa distribution networks at neighborhood levels

Author

Jian Xiong ; Di Wu ; Haibo Zeng ; Shichao Liu ; Xiaoyu Wang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2015

fDate

3-6 May 2015

Firstpage

1072

Lastpage

1077

Abstract

Due to large numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be integrated into Canadian distribution systems, it is important to assess the impact of EV charging on these distribution systems. This paper investigates the effect of EV charging on a distribution network of Hydro Ottawa at a neighborhood level. Real-time distribution system data provided by Hydro Ottawa are implemented for the investigation. Both transformer capacity and secondary current limit are considered to find the maximum number of different types of EVs that can be connected to the grid in this neighborhood. An optimal charging strategy is also designed and tested in this paper.

Keywords

distribution networks; electric vehicles; EV charging; Hydro Ottawa distribution networks; distribution systems; electric vehicle charging; impact assessment; neighborhood levels; optimal charging strategy; secondary current limit; transformer capacity; Batteries; Computers; Electronic mail; Lead; Load modeling; Power demand; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2015 IEEE 28th Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5827-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2015.7129423

Filename

7129423