Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5001354 | Electric Power Systems Research | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This paper investigates the economic feasibility of a phase reconfiguration approach to mitigate the unbalance impact of plug-in electric vehicles using split-phase Level 1 charging on the secondary distribution system. The impact resulting from plug-in battery electric vehicles charging as single-phase loads in terms of reliability and power quality are quantified using a Monte Carlo Simulation. The cost-effectiveness of introducing phase reconfiguration in the secondary system is evaluated after mathematically formulating the phase reconfiguration as an optimization problem. The results have shown that the application of phase reconfiguration may result in a significant reduction in unbalance experienced by the system due to high penetration of plug-in battery electric vehicles taking into consideration the time of use pricing.
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Authors
Matthew K. Gray, Walid G. Morsi,