A robust day-ahead scheduling strategy for EV charging stations in unbalanced distribution grid

Bakul Kandpal, Parikshit Pareek and Ashu Verma

Energy, 2022, vol. 249, issue C

Abstract: Uncontrolled electric vehicle (EV) charging is known to have an adverse impact on power networks. In particular, the inherent problem of phase load unbalance (PLU), due to uneven loading of phases can be substantially increased due to uncoordinated EV charging demands. Increased unbalance would cause sub-optimal operation of the distribution grid with higher thermal losses and increased network congestion. In this paper, a day-ahead EV scheduling strategy to mitigate unbalance is proposed, by controlling single-phase charging demand of EVs with vehicle to grid (V2G) power transfer. In addition, the EVs are also scheduled as per a price-based demand response program. The aim of this work is to use multi-objective lexicographic ordering to achieve economic benefit by controlling EV charging/discharging rates as per dynamic electricity prices, while simultaneously shift EV power consumption among phases to reduce unbalance. Further, uncertainty handling optimization techniques are presented to hedge against any randomness in prices and phase-wise loads. The proposed methods are simulated for a community charging station connected to the unbalanced grid. It is found that the active power consumption among phases can be balanced almost entirely using continuous charging/discharging rates from EVs. Moreover, up to 30% reduction in charging costs can be achieved while maintaining a balanced three-phase system.

Keywords: Phase load unbalance; Integrated demand response; Electric vehicles; Optimization under uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.123737

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