Home Energy Management Considering Renewable Resources, Energy Storage, and an Electric Vehicle as a Backup

Oussama Ouramdane, Elhoussin Elbouchikhi, Yassine Amirat, Franck Le Gall and Ehsan Sedgh Gooya
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Oussama Ouramdane: ISEN Yncréa Ouest Brest, LABISEN, 20, Rue Cuirassé Bretagne, 29200 Brest, France
Elhoussin Elbouchikhi: ISEN Yncréa Ouest Brest, LABISEN, 20, Rue Cuirassé Bretagne, 29200 Brest, France
Yassine Amirat: ISEN Yncréa Ouest Brest, LABISEN, 20, Rue Cuirassé Bretagne, 29200 Brest, France
Franck Le Gall: ISEN Yncréa Ouest Brest, LABISEN, 20, Rue Cuirassé Bretagne, 29200 Brest, France
Ehsan Sedgh Gooya: ISEN Yncréa Ouest Brest, LABISEN, 20, Rue Cuirassé Bretagne, 29200 Brest, France

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: The vehicle-to-grid concept emerged very quickly after the integration of renewable energy resources because of their intermittency and to support the grid during on-peak periods, consequently preventing congestion and any subsequent grid instability. Renewable energies offer a large source of clean energy, but they are not controllable, as they depend on weather conditions. This problem is solved by adding energy storage elements, implementing a demand response through shiftable loads, and the vehicle-to-grid/vehicle-to-home technologies. Indeed, an electric vehicle is equipped with a high-capacity battery, which can be used to store a certain amount of energy and give it back again later when required to fulfill the electricity demand and prevent an energy shortage when the main-grid power is limited for security reasons. In this context, this paper presents a comparative study between two home microgrids, in one of which the concept of vehicle-to-home is integrated to provide a case study to demonstrate the interest of this technology at the home level. The considered microgrid is composed of renewable energy resources, battery energy storage, and is connected to the main grid. As the vehicle is not available all day, in order to have consistent results, its intervention is considered in the evening, night, and early morning hours. Two case studies are carried out. In the first one, the vehicle-to-home concept is not taken into account. In this case, the system depends only on renewable resources and the energy storage system. Subsequently, the electric vehicle is considered as an additional energy storage device over a few hours. Electric vehicle integration brings an economic contribution by reducing the cost, supporting the other MG components, and relieving the main grid. Simulation results using real weather data for two cities in France, namely Brest and Toulon, show the effectiveness of the vehicle-to-home concept in terms of cost, energy self-sufficiency, and continuity of electrical service.

Keywords: vehicle-to-grid; vehicle-to-home; microgrids; distributed energy generation; energy storage; optimal sizing; energy management systems; optimization; energy dispatching (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: 2022
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