2023/02/25 by Arash Mousaei, Mousaei, Arash, Hesamodin Allahyari +1
Engineering · #Advanced Battery Technologies Research #Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure #FOS: Electrical engineering #Smart Grid Energy Management #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2302.13150
openalex publication_date 2023/02/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Distribution Networks (DNs) has many challenges for distribution companies, such as voltage drop, network losses, etc. To overcome these problems, it is recommended to use coordinated charging methods. However, these methods require high-cost telecommunication, measurement, and processing infrastructure and can only be implemented in smart grids. This article introduces a Semi-Smart Method (SSM) to charge EVs that does not require complex infrastructure. This method, using a simple and inexpensive local automation system, charges EVs during off-peak hours of the DN, thus improving its parameters. Since EVs are charged at low-traffic time intervals, the proposed method benefits EV owners. To get real results, 4- wire DN is considered to model the effect of the neutral wire. To confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method, it is compared to various uncontrolled loading methods. A standard 19-bus test system is used for simulations.