Open AccessIntegrated system for power flow control between electric vehicle, utility grid and residence
Author(s) -
Stefano de Souza Pelegrino Lucas,
Heldwein Marcelo Lobo,
Waltrich Gierri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet power electronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1755-4543
pISSN - 1755-4535
DOI - 10.1049/iet-pel.2019.0456
Subject(s) - grid , electric vehicle , automotive engineering , battery (electricity) , vehicle to grid , renewable energy , work (physics) , computer science , power (physics) , cable gland , power flow , electric power system , engineering , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
This work proposes a device, external to an electric vehicle (EV), capable of adding vehicle‐to‐home and vehicle‐to‐grid functionality by using the available battery terminals in a combo connector. This configuration eliminates the need of onboard EV bidirectional inverters, reducing weight, cost and complexity while adding the possibility of integrating local renewable energy generation. In order to validate the concept of the system, design and simulations of the proposed system were carried out in a 2 kW prototype.