The emerging of plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) results in the increase in the utilization of vehicles batteries for grid support. This paper presents a multi-objective algorithm to optimally determine the number of parking lots to be allocated in a distribution system. In addition, the algorithm optimally selects the locations and sizes of these parking lots. The proposed algorithms de...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have been touted as a transportation technology with lower fuel costs and emissions impacts than other vehicle types. Most analyses of PHEVs assume that the power system operator can either directly or indirectly control PHEV charging to coordinate it with power system operations. This paper examines the incentives of individual drivers making charging d...

Electric Vehicles (EVs) have been extensively researched to reduce the fuel consumption and tailpipe emission. The series-parallel power-split Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PHEV) has been considered as one of the most suitable candidates. It contains both an internal combustion engine (ICE) and an electrical storage system (ESS) to achieve a better driving performance. The energy management system ...

As plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) become more and more preferable to customers than the vehicles burning fossil fuels when the oil price goes up, the increasing power demand from PHEV charging stations will impose an challenge to the power grid operator that cannot be neglected. In this paper, based on a battery replacement strategy adopted charging stations, firstly, an estimation alg...

An optimization methodology for the combination of several green technologies is introduced in this paper. These are smart meters, smart appliances, solar power systems and time-of-use (TOU) pricing. These technologies are collectively and widely utilized in the recent smart grid, which is rolling out all over the world to facilitate greener power generation and distribution. Adaptive particle ...

This paper conducts conjoint analysis using a mixed logit model to estimate consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) on the basis of an online survey carried out in the US and Japan in 2012. We also carry out a comparative analysis across four US states. We find that on average the US consumers are more sensitive about fuel cost ...

The Untied States Department of Energy is engaged in the research, development and deployment of PHEV technology through the “Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity.” In this program, data has been collected from a Prius PHEV converted by Hymotion using industry standard dynamometer testing procedures and from in-use operation of fleets. Differences in fuel-only consumption rates observed in the on-...

Previous work has shown that it could be profitable on some control markets to use plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) as control power resources. This concept, where battery driven vehicles such as PHEVs provide ancillary service to the grid is commonly referred to as Vehicle to Grid. The idea is to sell the capacity and energy of the parked PHEVs on the control market. Due to the fact tha...

Aiming at the features of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) which can be charged through the network, the moving process of starting the engine was analyzed; the vehicle energy management strategy was formulated by combing of pure electric control strategy and economic model control strategy. Using genetic algorithm to optimize the upper and lower fluctuation limit values of state of char...