Solar-to-vehicle (S2V) systems for powering commuters of the future

Birnie, Dunbar P.

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.09.118

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“…Another concept is produced using the smart grid and the EVs, called virtual power plant (VPP), where a cluster of vehicles are considered as a power plant and dealt like one in system. [153][154][155], thus serving the increase of commercial RES deployment. The V2G structure is further helpful to integrate RES for charging of EVs, and to the grid as well, as it enables the selling of energy to the grid when there is surplus, for example, when vehicles are parked and the system knows the user will not need the vehicle before a certain time.…”

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A Comprehensive Study of Key Electric Vehicle (EV) Components, Technologies, Challenges, Impacts, and Future Direction of Development

Un-Noor¹,

Padmanaban²,

Mihet‐Popa³

et al. 2017

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Electric vehicles (EV) are getting more commonplace in the transportation sector in recent times. As the present trend suggests, this mode of transport is likely to replace the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in near future. Each of the main EV components has a number of technologies that are currently in use or can become prominent in the future. EVs can cause significant impacts on the environment, power system, and other related sectors. The present power system can face huge instabilities with enough EV penetration; but with proper management and coordination, EVs can be turned into a major contributor to the successful implementation of smart grid. There are possibilities of immense environmental benefits as well, as the EVs can extensively reduce the greenhouse gas emission from the transportation sector. However, there are some major obstacles for EVs to overcome before replacing the ICE vehicles totally. This paper is focused on reviewing all the useful data available on EV configurations, energy sources, motors, charging techniques, optimization techniques, impacts, trends, and possible directions of future developments. Its objective is to provide an overall picture of the current EV technology and ways of future development to assist in future researches in this sector.

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Section: Positive Impactsmentioning

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A Comprehensive Study of Key Electric Vehicle (EV) Components, Technologies, Challenges, Impacts, and Future Direction of Development

Un-Noor¹,

Padmanaban²,

Mihet‐Popa³

et al. 2017

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“…Conversely, EVs can help RERs to grow as well. Some literature proposes EVs as controllable loads, which can change their consumption in order to compensate the fluctuations of RERs output [158,159]. Some works [160] categorize EVs with controllable load as a V2G concept.…”

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“…It is shown in [158] that a surface around 15 m 2 , about the size of a parking lot space, can produce an average daily energy of about 12 kWh, and represents a solar to vehicle concept for large parking lots. A two-stage charging scheme for an EV aggregator is proposed in [159] to minimize the charging cost of each individual participator, while taking uncertain renewable generation and aggregator's capacity into account.…”

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Electrical Market Management Considering Power System Constraints in Smart Distribution Grids

Divshali

Choi

2016

Energies

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Rising demand, climate change, growing fuel costs, outdated power system infrastructures, and new power generation technologies have made renewable distribution generators very attractive in recent years. Because of the increasing penetration level of renewable energy sources in addition to the growth of new electrical demand sectors, such as electrical vehicles, the power system may face serious problems and challenges in the near future. A revolutionary new power grid system, called smart grid, has been developed as a solution to these problems. The smart grid, equipped with modern communication and computation infrastructures, can coordinate different parts of the power system to enhance energy efficiency, reliability, and quality, while decreasing the energy cost. Since conventional distribution networks lack smart infrastructures, much research has been recently done in the distribution part of the smart grid, called smart distribution grid (SDG). This paper surveys contemporary literature in SDG from the perspective of the electricity market in addition to power system considerations. For this purpose, this paper reviews current demand side management methods, supply side management methods, and electrical vehicle charging and discharging techniques in SDG and also discusses their drawbacks. We also present future research directions to tackle new and existing challenges in the SDG.

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“…The main goal of introducing EVs as a solution to reduce air pollution is therefore diminished because the carbon footprint produced from the transportation sector is shifted to the power generation sector. Some state-of-the-art studies [8,9] advocated the necessity of integrating renewable energy sources (RESs) and EVs into a smart grid in order to maximize the environmental and economic benefits of EVs. Therefore, deploying RES such as a photovoltaic system (PVS) as a complete or partial power source for EV charging in a parking station is expected to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions [10].…”

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Optimal Charging and Discharging Scheduling for Electric Vehicles in a Parking Station with Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage System

2017

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Abstract:The economic and environmental benefits brought by electric vehicles (EVs) cannot be fully delivered unless these vehicles are fully or partially charged by renewable energy sources (RES) such as photovoltaic system (PVS). Nevertheless, the EV charging management problem of a parking station integrated with RES is challenging due to the uncertain nature of local RES generation. This paper aims to address these difficulties by deploying an energy storage system (ESS) in parking stations and exploiting the charging and discharging scheduling of EVs to achieve better utilization of intermittent PVS for EV charging. A real-time charging optimization scheme is also formulated, using mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) to coordinate the charging or discharging power of EVs along with the power dispatches of power grid and ESS based on the vehicles' charging or discharging priorities and electricity price preferences. Extensive simulations show that the proposed approach not only maximizes the satisfaction of EV owners in terms of fulfilling all charging and discharging requests, but also minimizes the overall operational cost of the parking station by prioritizing the utilization of energy from PVS, ESS, and scheduling of every EV's charging and discharging.

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Solar-to-vehicle (S2V) systems for powering commuters of the future

Cited by 149 publications

References 6 publications

A Comprehensive Study of Key Electric Vehicle (EV) Components, Technologies, Challenges, Impacts, and Future Direction of Development

A Comprehensive Study of Key Electric Vehicle (EV) Components, Technologies, Challenges, Impacts, and Future Direction of Development

Electrical Market Management Considering Power System Constraints in Smart Distribution Grids

Optimal Charging and Discharging Scheduling for Electric Vehicles in a Parking Station with Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage System

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