Management of Power Quality Issues in Low Voltage Networks using Electric Vehicles: Experimental Validation

Sergejus Martinenas; Katarina Knezovic; Mattia Marinelli

doi:10.1109/TPWRD.2016.2614582

Management of Power Quality Issues in Low Voltage Networks using Electric Vehicles: Experimental Validation

Sergejus Martinenas, Katarina Knezovic, Mattia Marinelli

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Abstract

As Electric Vehicles (EVs) are becoming more wide spread, their high power consumption presents challenges for the residential low voltage networks, especially when connected to long feeders with unevenly distributed loads. However, if intelligently integrated, EVs can also partially solve the existing
and future power quality problems. One of the main aspects of the power quality relates to voltage quality. The aim of this work is to experimentally analyse whether series-produced EVs, adhering to contemporary standard and without relying on any V2G capability, can mitigate line voltage drops and voltage unbalances by a local smart charging algorithm based on a droop controller. In order to validate this capability, a low-voltage grid with a share of renewable resources is recreated in SYSLAB PowerLabDK. The experimental results demonstrate the advantages of the intelligent EV charging in improving the power quality of a highly unbalanced grid

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Volume	32
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	971 - 979
ISSN	0885-8977
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2016.2614582
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Electric vehicles
Power distribution testing
Power quality
Unbalanced distribution grids
Voltage Control

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Andersen, P. B. (Project Manager), Marinelli, M. (Project Participant), Sørensen, T. M. (Project Participant), Toghroljerdi, S. H. (Project Participant), Sousa, T. (Project Participant), Zecchino, A. (Project Participant) & Træholt, C. (Project Participant)
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