The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study
The electrification of heavy-duty vehicles (HDEVs) is a nascent and rapidly emerging avenue for decarbonization of the transportation sector. In this paper, we examine the impacts of increased vehicle electrification on the power grid infrastructure, with particular focus on HDEVs. We utilize a synt...
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| author | Rayan El Helou S. Sivaranjani Dileep Kalathil Andrew Schaper Le Xie |
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| description | The electrification of heavy-duty vehicles (HDEVs) is a nascent and rapidly emerging avenue for decarbonization of the transportation sector. In this paper, we examine the impacts of increased vehicle electrification on the power grid infrastructure, with particular focus on HDEVs. We utilize a synthetic representation of the 2000-bus Texas transmission grid, realistic representations of multiple distribution grids in Travis county, Texas, as well as transit data pertaining to HDEVs, and develop our own open-sourced publicly available simulation tool, to uncover the consequences of HDEV electrification, and expose the limitations imposed by existing electric grid infrastructure. Our analysis reveals that grid-wide voltage problems that are spatiotemporally correlated with the mobility of HDEVs may occur even at modest penetration levels. In fact, we find that as little as 11% of heavy duty vehicles in Texas charging simultaneously can lead to significant voltage violations on the transmission network that compromise grid reliability. Furthermore, we find that just a few dozen EVs charging simultaneously can lead to voltage violations at the distribution level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad41c1f9fed44a23aed2625ef84b2e8f2022-12-22T00:39:29ZengElsevierAdvances in Applied Energy2666-79242022-06-016100093The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case studyRayan El Helou0S. Sivaranjani1Dileep Kalathil2Andrew Schaper3Le Xie4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USADepartment of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USACorresponding author at: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Energy Institute, College Station, TX, USAThe electrification of heavy-duty vehicles (HDEVs) is a nascent and rapidly emerging avenue for decarbonization of the transportation sector. In this paper, we examine the impacts of increased vehicle electrification on the power grid infrastructure, with particular focus on HDEVs. We utilize a synthetic representation of the 2000-bus Texas transmission grid, realistic representations of multiple distribution grids in Travis county, Texas, as well as transit data pertaining to HDEVs, and develop our own open-sourced publicly available simulation tool, to uncover the consequences of HDEV electrification, and expose the limitations imposed by existing electric grid infrastructure. Our analysis reveals that grid-wide voltage problems that are spatiotemporally correlated with the mobility of HDEVs may occur even at modest penetration levels. In fact, we find that as little as 11% of heavy duty vehicles in Texas charging simultaneously can lead to significant voltage violations on the transmission network that compromise grid reliability. Furthermore, we find that just a few dozen EVs charging simultaneously can lead to voltage violations at the distribution level.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666792422000117 |
| spellingShingle | Rayan El Helou S. Sivaranjani Dileep Kalathil Andrew Schaper Le Xie The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study Advances in Applied Energy |
| title | The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study |
| title_full | The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study |
| title_fullStr | The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study |
| title_short | The impact of heavy-duty vehicle electrification on large power grids: A synthetic Texas case study |
| title_sort | impact of heavy duty vehicle electrification on large power grids a synthetic texas case study |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666792422000117 |
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