ElectricVehicles &
ElectricVehicles &
ElectricVehicles &
Vehicles &
Technologies
Course Code: EEE-445
Course Title: Smart Grid
S A NCOY B A RUA ,
A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R ,
D E P T. O F E E E , C U E T
References
❑Text Book: “Smart Grid: Networking, ❑Text Book: “Introduction to Smart Grid,
Data Management and Business Model” Concepts, Technology and Evolution” – by
– by Hussein T. Mouftah Salman K. Salman
❑Chapter 13: Electric Vehicle the Mobile ❑Chapter 9: Smart Grid Enables the
Portion of the Smart Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles.
❑Articles: 13.4.1, 13.4.2, 13.4.3, 13.4.4 ❑Articles: 9.2, 9.6
Features:
• HEVs are not PEVs, since they can operate autonomously without need of recharging
batteries using the power grid. Therefore, no impact on the power grid is expected from
proliferation of this type of EV.
• The idea of using an electric motor is that the extra power provided by it results in a
smaller engine. This in turn results in better fuel economy while maintaining the
performance.
• HEVs combine the benefits of high fuel economy and low emissions with the power and
range of conventional vehicles.
Features:
• HEVs do not require a plug to charge the battery.
• Charge using regenerative braking power and the internal combustion engine.
• Capture the energy normally lost during braking by using the electric motor as a
generator, storing the captured energy in the battery.
• Energy from the battery provides extra power during acceleration and auxiliary power
when at standstill.
• Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1KNKhGo4c0
❑ In a conventional braking system, a car slows down due to friction between the
brake pads and rotors. But this system is highly inefficient when it comes to
conserving energy. Nearly all of the kinetic energy propelling your car forward is
lost as heat when you apply the brakes. That’s a lot of wasted energy!
❖ Regenerative braking turns kinetic energy into electricity by reversing the process
that drives the car forward. In electric cars, the drivetrain is powered by a battery
pack that powers a motor (or motors), creating torque–rotational force–on the
wheels. In other words, electrical energy from the battery becomes mechanical
energy that spins the wheels.
❖ With regenerative braking, the energy from your spinning wheels is used to
reverse the direction of electricity - from the electric motor(s) to the battery. All you
have to do is remove your foot from the accelerator or, in some cases, press the
brake pedal to activate regenerative braking. The electric motor not only acts as
an electric generator, but it also helps slow your car down because energy is
consumed by the wheels as they rotate the shaft in the electric motor.
❖ Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stq2E3sZYg0
❑The benefits offered by PHEVs include using electricity from the grid to charge the
battery that costs less if charging is done during certain time and reduces petroleum
consumption compared with conventional vehicles.
❑If a PHEV is driven using only its internal combustion engine, its fuel economy will
be comparable to that of an HEV of a similar size. However, if an PHEV is fully
charged, the obtained stored electric energy can be used to drive it for only a shorter
distance compared to its all-electric range.
❖ Only the electric motor turns the wheels; the ICE is only used to generate electricity.
❖ Series PHEVs can run solely on electricity until the battery needs to be recharged.
❖ The ICE will then generate the electricity needed to power the electric motor. For
shorter trips, these vehicles might use no gasoline.
➢ EV batteries are charged by plugging the vehicle into an electric power source.
➢ Some agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), consider EVs
as zero-emission vehicles even though generation of the electricity they use may
contribute to air pollution.
➢ EVs are considered to help reducing petrol consumption because they use no other fuel.
➢L1 charging systems use a standard 110/120 V outlet and takes 11–20 h
to charge a fully discharged EV.
➢ L1 charging systems are designed to be portable and are suitable for on-
road emergency situations, whereby an EV’ battery charge runs low and
it is needed to plug its charger into a readily available outlet.
➢ Operating voltage of L2 stations is specified at between 208 and 240 V and will
charge between 12 A and 80 A.
➢ Usually takes place at home when the driver is having rest or sleeping.
➢Ideal for public charging infrastructure that can be used for charging large
vehicles with large size batteries such as those used for buses and commercial or
service fleets with very little recharging downtime.
❖1st stage consists of an input filter and a full-bridge rectifier to convert AC power to
DC power.
❖2nd stage is a boost converter with a power factor correction stage to condition the
input current as a sinusoidal waveform. The boost converter is required to step up
input voltage (generally 120V/240V) to a level compatible with the electric vehicle
battery voltage (300–400V).
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❖3rd stage isolates the battery from the supply power system. It comprises a full-bridge
forward (DC–DC) converter with a low-pass filter connected to its output terminals.
❖The manner in which power is delivered to the batteries is crucial to battery life; hence,
a charger also includes a control circuit for battery power management.
Ref: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/travel/mobility/initiatives/wireless-charging-roadway
❖There are 02 primary side power supply architectures predominantly being used for
wireless electric vehicle charging systems:
1) Series LC resonant (SLC) and
2) Hybrid series–parallel resonant (LCL) topologies.
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Basic architecture of an inductive wireless PEV charging system is as follows.
✓ Key aspect of the matching network is a very low loss (high Q) energy storage element
used for coupling, which shall reduce the volt-ampere (VA) rating of the power supply.
This stage is also commonly referred to as an impedance matching network, or a
resonant tank.
✓ Then, different types of AC/DC power conversion schemes can be implemented on the
secondary side so as to actively shape the power flow.
❑In fact, the G2V charging process is a stochastic optimization problem applied
to a Markov decision problem with number of uncertainties.
❑A G2V Markov decision problem can also be solved using mixed integer linear
programming and stochastic dynamic programming.
3. The integrated hourly energy output of the AGC, which maintains system AC
frequency.
❑The objective is to minimize the total expected cost to charge the PEV.
❑Let, at the beginning of a unit time, when the PEV is plugged in, the smart
charger decides on 02 key decision variables:
i. A baseline charge rate, 𝑷𝒉 (kW),
ii. A varying charge rate, 𝜟𝑷𝒉 (kW)
❑These two variables depend on battery SOC and the control signal from the
AGC.
❑Then, the charge rate at any time within the unit time can be given by a
random variable 𝑃𝑡 .
Here, 𝑹𝒕 is the unitless rate control factor transmitted by the AGC that
can take either positive or negative values.
❑It can be shown that, for a given asset, minimizing peak load can be
captured by minimizing the square of the combined network load of the
uncontrollable household load plus the controllable PEV load. Here,
constraints are the result of driving and battery parameters.
❑Peak hour energy supplied by the PEV to the grid depends on the
battery capacity, which represents the maximum amount of energy that
can be extracted from the battery.
❑PCL causes financial loss to PEV owners, which is a hurdle for V2G
realizations.
❑Simple equivalent circuit model of the PEV is shown in the Figure, where 𝑽𝟎
is the open circuit voltage, 𝑹𝟏 and 𝑹𝟐 are internal resistances, and 𝑪 is the
capacitance.
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Economic Considerations of PEV Charging & Discharging
❑But these change exponentially during 0% SOC to 20% SOC due to the
electrochemical reaction inside the battery.
❑Notations:
• Q = Nominal capacity of the battery (Ah),
• I = Charging/discharging current (A),
• 𝑆𝑂𝐶𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 = Current State of Charge,
• 𝑆𝑂𝐶𝑚𝑎𝑥 = Maximum State of Charge,
• 𝑆𝑂𝐶𝑚𝑖𝑛 = Minimum State of Charge.
❑ Energy required to charge the battery can be written as –
❑ PEV owner would have to pay the grid operator an amount of Tg2v
given by –
❖ The energy available to the grid from the battery is also 𝜼𝑬𝒅 . The utility
would have to pay the PEV owner an amount of Tv2g given by –
❖These expressions can be easily expanded more than two charging periods.
• 𝑹𝒐𝒇𝒇−𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌−𝒗𝟐𝒈 , 𝑬𝒐𝒇𝒇−𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌−𝒗𝟐𝒈 = Energy price ($/kWh) and the energy quantity (kWh)
during peak hours.
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Economic Considerations of PEV Charging & Discharging
➢Let the reserved portion is K times the total available energy (K < 1,
typically K = 1/3).
➢Therefore, for economic feasibility, the cost of energy charged to the PEV
by the utility shall be more than the –
1. Cost to generate the electricity plus,
2. Losses in transmission plus,
3. Operational and management costs.
➢ The price of energy charged by the PEV shall be more than that paid
to buy the energy.
➢ The additional cost shall include the battery depreciation cost, which shall
include the fact that the battery size should be (1/K) times bigger than the
energy it can supply.
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Markov Stochastic Technique in EV Charging Problems
❑ The arrival times and charging needs of EVs are uncertain and can be
modelled using a Markov chain.
❑ Each state in the Markov model can represent the charging demand at
different times of the day.
❑ In this case, the states of the Markov chain represent the battery levels
or charging statuses of EVs.
❑ Markov chains can model the fluctuating nature of energy prices and
the charging load on the grid.