Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities
Electric vehicles (EV) and photovoltaic (PV) generation are widely recognized around the world. Most EV owners in the major Chinese cities are forced to charge their EV batteries at the workplace during the daytime due to the limited space near their homes, which will increase the peak load during t...
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| author | Su Su Yong Hu Tiantian Yang Shidan Wang Ziqi Liu Xiangxiang Wei Mingchao Xia Yutaka Ota Koji Yamashita |
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| description | Electric vehicles (EV) and photovoltaic (PV) generation are widely recognized around the world. Most EV owners in the major Chinese cities are forced to charge their EV batteries at the workplace during the daytime due to the limited space near their homes, which will increase the peak load during the daytime. On the other hand, the PV output is most likely to have a peak at around noon, which means, PVs could have a potential capability to compensate the EV charging load. An EV owner-friendly charging strategy based on PV utilization which alleviates both the EV charging constraints and the negative impact of the EV charging load on the grid is proposed. The PV utilization for compensating the unconstrained EV charging load is maximized to derive the maximum number of EVs with unconstrained charging. If the actual number of EVs exceeds the maximum number, a portion of EVs have to be charged only from the grid. Then, the line loss is introduced as the optimization objective in which the charging states are regulated. The case study shows that the proposed strategy can successfully increase the number of EVs with unconstrained charging, and reduce the peak-to-peak of the load curve. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73a44df3fa664660aff1df771c5be7232022-12-22T02:55:09ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-02-0111242110.3390/en11020421en11020421Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese CitiesSu Su0Yong Hu1Tiantian Yang2Shidan Wang3Ziqi Liu4Xiangxiang Wei5Mingchao Xia6Yutaka Ota7Koji Yamashita8National Active Distribution Network Technology Research Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaNational Active Distribution Network Technology Research Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaNational Active Distribution Network Technology Research Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaHaidian Electric Power Supply Company of State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company, Beijing 100044, ChinaInner Mongolia Electric Power Research Institute, Hohhot 010020, Inner Mongolia, ChinaLiuzhou Power Supply Bureau, Guangxi Power Grid Co., Ltd., Liuzhou 545000, Guangxi, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 163-8001, JapanDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USAElectric vehicles (EV) and photovoltaic (PV) generation are widely recognized around the world. Most EV owners in the major Chinese cities are forced to charge their EV batteries at the workplace during the daytime due to the limited space near their homes, which will increase the peak load during the daytime. On the other hand, the PV output is most likely to have a peak at around noon, which means, PVs could have a potential capability to compensate the EV charging load. An EV owner-friendly charging strategy based on PV utilization which alleviates both the EV charging constraints and the negative impact of the EV charging load on the grid is proposed. The PV utilization for compensating the unconstrained EV charging load is maximized to derive the maximum number of EVs with unconstrained charging. If the actual number of EVs exceeds the maximum number, a portion of EVs have to be charged only from the grid. Then, the line loss is introduced as the optimization objective in which the charging states are regulated. The case study shows that the proposed strategy can successfully increase the number of EVs with unconstrained charging, and reduce the peak-to-peak of the load curve.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/2/421electric vehicleoffice sitesmajor Chinese citiesPV utilizationEV owner-friendly charging strategy |
| spellingShingle | Su Su Yong Hu Tiantian Yang Shidan Wang Ziqi Liu Xiangxiang Wei Mingchao Xia Yutaka Ota Koji Yamashita Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities Energies electric vehicle office sites major Chinese cities PV utilization EV owner-friendly charging strategy |
| title | Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities |
| title_full | Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities |
| title_fullStr | Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities |
| title_short | Research on an Electric Vehicle Owner-Friendly Charging Strategy Using Photovoltaic Generation at Office Sites in Major Chinese Cities |
| title_sort | research on an electric vehicle owner friendly charging strategy using photovoltaic generation at office sites in major chinese cities |
| topic | electric vehicle office sites major Chinese cities PV utilization EV owner-friendly charging strategy |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/2/421 |
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