Improvement of Power Quality of Grid-Connected EV Charging Station Using Grid-Component Based Harmonic Mitigation Technique

Anum Mehmood and Fan Yang ()
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Anum Mehmood: School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Fan Yang: School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-27

Abstract: Conventional approaches for designing distribution grids are often time-consuming and computationally expensive. To minimize power harmonics in a low-voltage network, there is a dire need of in-depth mathematical and technical calculations for each electrical equipment involved in the modeling of a distribution grid. In this study, a time- and resource-efficient distribution grid model is proposed, which is capable of improving power-quality impact of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The proposed method uses mathematical equations, field measurement, data from equipment manufacturers, and distribution network operators to develop precise distribution grid model for the integration of bidirectional electric vehicle charging infrastructure. To prove the effectiveness of the proposed model, power-quality analysis of electric vehicle charging stations is conducted in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. As a result, the grid voltage THD has improved to 0.05% while the grid-connected current THD obtained is 0.88%. This signifies that by varying selection of technical parameters of electrical components of a distribution grid, power losses resulting in the form of harmonics can be improved.

Keywords: grid component; harmonic mitigation; electric vehicles (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: 2025
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