Impact of electric vehicle infrastructure on the city of Chatsworth distribution system

Author

Zeming Jiang ; Shalalfeh, Laith ; Beshir, Mohammed J.

Author_Institution

Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

With the growing penetration of the electric vehicles to our daily life owing to their economic and environmental benefits, there will be both opportunities and challenges to the utilities when adopting plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) to the distribution network. In this paper, a thorough analysis based on real-world project is conducted to evaluate the impact of electric vehicles infrastructure on the grid relating to system load flow, load factor, and voltage stability. Chatsworth distribution system was selected and tested along with different case scenarios utilizing the electrical distribution design (ED D) software to find out the potential impacts to the grid.

Keywords

electric vehicles; load flow; power distribution planning; power system stability; smart power grids; Chatsworth distribution system; EDD software; Los Angeles; PEV; distribution network; electric vehicle infrastructure; electrical distribution design software; load factor; plug-in electric vehicles; smart grid regional demonstration project; system load flow; voltage stability; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Load modeling; Loading; Software; Chatsworth; DEW; electric vehicle; grid impact; load; power flow; smart grid; stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Vehicle Conference (IEVC), 2014 IEEE International

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEVC.2014.7056078

Filename

7056078