The near-future penetration of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) is expected to be large enough to have a significant impact on the power grid. If PEVs were allowed to charge simultaneously at the maximum power rate, the distribution grid would face serious problems of stability. Therefore, mechanisms are needed to coordinate the charging processes of PEVs. In this paper, we propose an allocation...

Next-generation power grids will likely enable concurrent service for residences and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). While the residence power demand profile is known and thus can be considered inelastic, the PEVs’ power demand is only known after random PEVs’ arrivals. PEV charging scheduling aims at minimizing the potential impact of the massive integration of PEVs into power grids to save ...

Researchers have proposed that fleets of plug-in hybrid vehicles could be used to perform ancillary services for the electric grid. Inmany of these studies, the vehicles are able to accrue revenue for performing these grid stabilization services, which would offset the increased purchase cost of plug-in hybrid vehicles. To date, all such studies have assumed a vehicle command architecture that ...

As the number of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) increases, it is essential to control their charging schedules and spread the PEV load over time to reduce the energy generation and distribution costs due to this additional demand. Furthermore, due to the limited power capacity of the transmission feeders and the sensitivity of the mid-way distribution transformers to excessive load, it is cru...

Integrating plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) into a smart grid can pose some challenges, particularly when significant number of these are simultaneously charged and discharged. However, management PEVs in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) system result benefits to the such as load leveling, cost reduction. This paper proposes unit commitment model for V2G connected power grid. The considers different pene...

The increasing automobile vehicles and congestions in the world cause critical pollutions such as air and noise. Hence, we need comprehensive measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in transportation area. Many researchers have studied the impact of adopting ecofriendly vehicles such as electric vehicle (EV), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and fu...

GPS data for a year’s worth of travel by 255 Seattle households illuminate how plug-in electric vehicles can match household needs. The results suggest that a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) with 100 miles of range should meet the needs of 50% of one-vehicle households and 80% of multiple-vehicle households, when charging once a day and relying on another vehicle or mode just 4 days a year. More...

Starting from the premise that new consumer value must drive hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicle (H2FCV) commercialization, a group of opportunities ollectively called “Mobile Electricity” is characterized. Mobile Electricity (Me-) redefines H2FCVs as innovative products able to import and xport electricity across the traditional vehicle boundary. Such vehicles could provide home recharging and mobile p...