Charge Control and Operation of Electric Vehicles in Power Grids: A Review

Samy Faddel, Ali T. Al-Awami and Osama A. Mohammed
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Samy Faddel: Energy Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA
Ali T. Al-Awami: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dharhan 31261, Saudi Arabia
Osama A. Mohammed: Energy Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: Electric Vehicles (EVs) and hybrid Electric vehicles (HEVs) are going to reshape the future of the transportation sector. However, adopting large numbers of EVs and HEVs will impact the electric utilities as well. Managing the charging/discharging of substantial numbers of distributed batteries will be critical for the successful adoption of EVs and HEVs. Therefore, this paper presents a review study about the recent control and optimization strategies for managing the charging/discharging of EVs. The paper covers different control and operation strategies reported in the literature as well as issues related to the real time dispatching of EVs in the smart grids. In addition, challenges related to the stochastic nature of the driving characteristics of EVs are considered. Finally, some open problems related to the energy management of EVs will be presented.

Keywords: electric vehicles; centralized; decentralized; autonomous; real time; stochastic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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