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Voltage-based droop control of electric vehicles in distribution grids under different charging power levels

  • If left uncontrolled, electric vehicle charging poses severe challenges to distribution grid operation. Resulting issues are expected to be mitigated by charging control. In particular, voltage-based charging control, by relying only on the local measurements of voltage at the point of connection, provides an autonomous communication-free solution. The controller, attached to the charging equipment, compares the measured voltage to a reference voltage and adapts the charging power using a droop control characteristic. We present a systematic study of the voltage-based droop control method for electric vehicles to establish the usability of the method for all the currently available residential electric vehicle charging possibilities considering a wide range of electric vehicle penetrations. Voltage limits are evaluated according to the international standard EN50160, using long-term load flow simulations based on a real distribution grid topology and real load profiles. The results achieved show that the voltage-based droop controller is able to mitigate the under voltage problems completely in distribution grids in cases either deploying low charging power levels or exhibiting low penetration rates. For high charging rates and high penetrations, the control mechanism improves the overall voltage profile, but it does not remedy the under voltage problems completely. The evaluation also shows the controller’s ability to reduce the peak power at the transformer and indicates the impact it has on users due to the reduction in the average charging rates. The outcomes of the paper provide the distribution grid operators an insight on the voltage-based droop control mechanism for the future grid planning and investments.

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Author:Muhandiram Arachchige Subodha Tharangi IreshikaORCiD, Ruben Lliuyacc-Blas, Peter KepplingerORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en14133905
ISSN:1996-1073
Parent Title (English):Energies
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of publication:2021
Release Date:2022/01/31
Tag:Demand response; Demand side management; Distribution grids; Electric vehicles; Voltage-based droop control
Volume:14. Jg.
Issue:H. 13
Article Number:3905
Number of pages:12
Organisationseinheit:Forschung / Forschungszentrum Energie
DDC classes:600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften
Open Access?:ja
Peer review:wiss. Beitrag, peer-reviewed
Publicationlist:Kepplinger, Peter
Muhandiram Arachchige, Subodha Ireshika
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - International - Attribution- Namensnennung 4.0