The introduction of electric mobility into the transport sector has significantly contributed to mitigation environmental issues [...]

The recent and massive investments in Electric Vehicles (EVs) reveal a change of paradigm in the transports sector and the proliferation of EVs will contribute to an effective reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases. Nevertheless, for the electrical power grids EVs will be extra loads, which will require the demand energy to charge their batteries. With the advent of the Smart Grids, bes...

Due to their flexibility, Electric Vehicles (EVs) constitute an important asset for the integration of renewable energy sources in Smart Grid. In particular, they should have a dual role: as controllable load and mobile generator with low inertia. To perform these tasks, chargers must provide electronics power flow from grid vehicle vice versa. This bidirectionality can also be implemented wire...

Using mobile chargers in wireless rechargeable sensor networks is an option for charging the nodes due to the high cost of power chargers. In order to achieve some performance requirement such as coverage, it is necessary to effectively schedule the mobile chargers to serve every node in the network. We notice that nearly all previous works on mobile charger scheduling assume that the mobile ch...

Inductive power transfer technology is an efficient mean of transferring energy from one system to another wireless or another contactless. This technology has ability to operate in hostile environments being unaffected dirt and moisture.IPT systems are used in numerous applications. Recently developing IPT based systems for wireless charging of electrical vehicles which is more convenient and ...

The expected high penetration of battery chargers for electric vehicles (EV) in electric networks is foreseen as a potential problem for power quality. Battery chargers are nonlinear devices that inject harmonic currents and pollute network voltages. Thus, their harmonic emissions must be analyzed and reduced by harmonic mitigation techniques to avoid future problems. This paper analyzes and re...

In vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems, electric vehicles interact with the grid as distributed energy storage systems that offer many potential benefits. As an energy interface between a vehicle and the grid, the bidirectional converter plays a crucial role in their interaction. Its reliability, safety, cost, efficiency, weight, size, harmonics, and other factors are of essential importance for V2G ...