The Application of Electric Vehicles as Mobile Distributed Energy Storage Units in Smart Grid

Author

Wang Xiaojun ; Tian Wenqi ; He Jinghan ; Huang Mei ; Jiang Jiuchun ; Han Haiying

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, the development background of electric vehicles and the research status of V2G technology are analyzed, the functions realized in the grid by electric vehicles as mobile distributed energy storage units are set forth, and the economic and technical advantages of which are pointed out. Based on this, analysis to the configuration of a system wherein electric vehicles are connected to the smart grid as mobile distributed energy storage units and the functional configuration of respective modules is made. Finally, for the application of electric vehicles as mobile distributed energy storage units in the smart grid, some key problems, such as available capacity prediction problems, connecting capacity problems when connected to a distribution network and the protection and control problems when connected to the smart grid and so on are analyzed and discussed.

Keywords

battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; distributed power generation; distribution networks; electric vehicles; energy storage; power system control; power system protection; secondary cells; smart power grids; distribution network; electric vehicle application; mobile distributed energy storage unit; smart grid control; smart grid protection; Batteries; Electric vehicles; Mobile communication; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2157-4839

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6253-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748400

Filename

5748400