Modeling of fast charging station equipped with energy storage

The popularization of EVs (electric vehicles) has brought an increasingly heavy burden to the development of charging facilities. To meet the demand of rapid energy supply during the driving period, it is necessary to establish a fast charging station in public area. However, EVs arrive at the charging station randomly and connect to the distribution network for fast charging, it causes the grid power to fluctuate greatly and the peak-valley loads to alternate frequently, which is harmful to the stability of distribution network. In order to reduce the power fluctuation of random charging, the energy storage is used for fast charging stations. The queuing model is determined to demonstrate the load characteristics of fast charging station, and the state space of fast charging station system is described by Markov chain. After that the power of grid and energy storage is quantified as the number of charging pile, and each type of power is configured rationally to establish the random charging model of energy storage fast charging station. Finally, the economic benefit is analyzed according to the queuing theory to verify the feasibility of the model.     

Off-grid solar powered charging station for electric and hydrogen vehicles including fuel cell and hydrogen storage

This paper designs an off-grid charging station for electric and hydrogen vehicles. Both the electric and hydrogen vehicles are charged at the same time. They appear as two electrical and hydrogen load demand on the charging station and the charging station is powered by solar panels. The output power of solar system is separated into two parts. On part of solar power is used to supply the electrical load demand (to charge the electric vehicles) and rest runs water electrolyzer and it will be converted to the hydrogen. The hydrogen is stored and it supplies the hydrogen load demand (to charge the hydrogen-burning vehicles). The uncertainty of parameters (solar energy, consumed power by electrical vehicles, and consumed power by hydrogen vehicles) is included and modeled. The fuel cell is added to the charging station to deal with such uncertainty. The fuel cell runs on hydrogen and produces electrical energy to supply electrical loading under uncertainties. The diesel generator is also added to the charging station as a supplementary generation. The problem is modeled as stochastic optimization programming and minimizes the investment and operational costs of solar and diesel systems. The introduced planning finds optimal rated powers of solar system and diesel generator, operation pattern for diesel generator and fuel cell, and the stored hydrogen. The results confirm that the cost of changing station is covered by investment cost of solar system (95%), operational cost of diesel generator (4.5%), and investment cost of diesel generator (0.5%). The fuel cell and diesel generator supply the load demand when the solar energy is zero. About 97% of solar energy will be converted to hydrogen and stored. The optimal operation of diesel generator reduces the cost approximately 15%.     

Sizing of hybrid PMSG-PV system for battery charging of electric vehicles

The number of electric vehicles are increasing in the society as they are considered as zero emission vehicles and also because conventional fuels are becoming expensive. Additional electrical power should be produced to meet the energy requirement of this increase in electric vehicle population. To use the existing grid infrastructure without any failure, installing distributed generator at secondary distribution network is essential. In this work, sizing of wind-driven permanent magnet synchronous generator—photovoltaic hybrid distributed generating system has been attempted to meet the energy demand of electric vehicles of a particular residential area. Different feasible combinations for wind generator capacity and photovoltaic capacity are obtained to satisfy the additional energy requirement. Results are analyzed based on energy, financial payback periods and daily power profile of the hybrid system. Based on this analysis, the sizes of wind generator and photovoltaic array have been chosen to meet the energy demand of electric vehicles of that particular residential locality.     

Robust design of off-grid solar-powered charging station for hydrogen and electric vehicles via robust optimization approach

In this article, a robust optimization approach for designing an off-grid solar-powered charging station is proposed to provide electric vehicles (EVs) with electricity and hydrogen vehicles (HV) with hydrogen. A water electrolyzer (WE) is installed in the system to produce and store hydrogen, which is used by the HVs and fuel cell (FC). During the inaccessibility of the photovoltaic (PV) system to feed the EVs, the FC runs on hydrogen to regenerate electricity. Besides, in case the PV system and FC have power shortage to meet the demand of EVs, a diesel generator contributes to electricity production. There are uncertainties involved in the power profile of the PV system as well as the hydrogen and electric demands of the charging station. The novelty of this paper is to integrate robust optimization as a powerful nonstochastic framework into the mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) of the deterministic model to deal with the uncertainties. The technical and economic results prove that the construction of the charging station by considering the highs level of robustness against the negative impacts of uncertainties leads to higher capacities of the PV system and diesel generator. Consequently, the total annualized cost increases from $ 287,256 in deterministic mode to $ 326,757 in robust mode, by 13.75%.     

Risk-constrained design of autonomous hybrid refueling station for hydrogen and electric vehicles using information gap decision theory

The proposed autonomous hybrid charging station in this paper is energized by a photovoltaic (PV) system, which should provide electric vehicles (EVs), and water electrolyzer (WE) with electricity. The WE operates by using electricity to produce and store hydrogen to feed hydrogen vehicles (HVs). Moreover, a fuel cell (FC) is allocated to the system, which uses the stored hydrogen to regenerate electricity the PV system is beyond reach. A supplementary diesel generator is also installed in the charging station to avoid power shortage as a conservative measurement. The hydrogen and electric demand of the station is accompanied by uncertainties, which should be taken into account in designing the charging station. Therefore, information-gap decision theory (IGDT) is employed to deal with the uncertainties. This approach provides the investor with three different strategies of risk-averse strategy (RAS), risk-neutral strategy (RNS), and risk-seeker strategy (RSS), which can help the investor with making a better decision. The outcome of the simulation proved that in RAS if the investor decides to invest 13.9% more capital, based on the robustness function, the charging station withstands the 9.6% deviation of uncertain parameters’ fraction error. However, should the investor decide to take risks in the construction of the charging station, by paying 13.9% less, the system is 10.7% fragile to the information-gap of uncertainties. Besides, the rated power of the PV system reaches from 1612 kW in RNS to 1731 kW in RAS while it decreased to 1479 kW in RSS.     

一种电动汽车光伏充电站的分时段有序充电策略

  目的  针对电动汽车光伏充电站的有序充电问题,提出一种分时段有序充电策略。  方法  研究了光伏充电站的结构体系及工作原理,构造了电动汽车充电时间、储能电池荷电状态（SOC）范围等约束条件。负荷高峰时段,在满足车辆充电需求的同时,减少向电网的购电量,降低购电费用,并辅助电网“消峰”。负荷低谷时段,在满足车辆充电需求的同时,增加向电网的购电量,辅助电网“填谷”。  结果  通过仿真事例验证了所建模型的有效性,并与即时充电方案进行比较,说明了所建模型在减小充电站的购电费用,降低电网峰谷差方面的优势。  结论  所提电动汽车光伏充电站的充电策略是正确并有效的,可为实际应用提供参考。     

Reliability evaluation and analysis for NEV charging station considering the impact of charging experience

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) will predominate in near future, and the new energy vehicle (NEV) charging station which provides charging services for aforementioned NEVs could grow rapidly. The reliability of the NEV charging station would be the primary concern for early construction and NEV users. This study investigates the reliability evaluation of NEV charging station considering the impact of charging experience and analyzes the influence of various factors by comparing the evaluation results. The explicit modelling of the station considering power generation system, coupling devices and hydrogen storage is presented and an optimal revenue model is established to coordinate the operation of the station. A reliability index system is established to evaluate the charging reliability of the NEV charging station and reflect the charging experience. In addition, an amount model estimating the number of vehicles accessed in the coming days is proposed to address the impact of driver charging experience on the reliability evaluation. The results show that it is necessary to consider the charging experience in reliability evaluation. The comparison and analysis of reliability evaluation results reveal that the charging reliability and profit of the charging station are influenced by the initial hydrogen in tank, the price of hydrogen/electricity and the sizes of electrolyzer, hydrogen tank and fuel cell. The reliability evaluation provides guidance for determining the parameters of these factors.     

Economic evaluation of fast charging electric vehicle station with second-use batteries energy storage system

由于电动汽车快速充电站大功率快速充电的特性会对电网的稳定造成冲击,因此考虑在电动车快速充电站中配置电池储能系统（BESS）,对充电站负荷进行削峰填谷,从而减少充电站变压器配置容量、缓解大功率快速充电对电网的不利影响。考虑到目前我国大量退役动力电池亟待回收利用的现状,结合梯次利用电池储能系统,建立了基于电动汽车快速充电站整体成本与收益的经济性评估模型,以快速充电站年净收益最大为目标函数,采用改进的遗传算法对模型优化求解。结合算例对快速充电站不配置储能、配置常规电池储能和配置梯次电池储能等不同情况进行了经济性评估,并综合考虑经济性与储能削减负荷的效果,确定了梯次电池储能系统最优容量配置方案。     

柔性电动汽车和分布式电源的协同优化调度研究

针对电动汽车(EV)接入电网后,出现的负荷"峰上加峰"的问题,在描述传统机组发电特征及调度分布式电源作为补充的基础上,提出了柔性电动汽车与分布式电源协同优化调度方案。该方案考虑4类电动汽车的出行规律及充电方式,同时以发电投资总成本与柔性EV用能成本之和最小作为优化目标,建立车网交互(V2G)的机组组合模型。在考虑柔性EV行驶特性与机组运行特性基础上,将所提模型转化为一个大规模混合整数线性规划(MILP)问题,利用Ipsolve解算器求得最优解以及最优调度方案。文章选取某城市各类电动汽车为研究对象,分析柔性EV用能成本对系统总成本与CO2排放量的影响。仿真结果验证了采用柔性EV与风电协同优化传统机组出力的有效性和考虑柔性EV用能成本的必要性。     

Optimal operational strategy for a future electricity and hydrogen supply system in a residential area

This study introduces a novel framework of an electricity and hydrogen supply system integrating with a photovoltaic power station for a residential area. The non-residential parts including the power grid and non-residential vehicles are added to ensure power balance and bring benefits, respectively. The optimal operational strategy of the proposed framework with considering uncertainties is proposed. The objective function minimizes the expected operational cost (EOC) by reducing the imported electricity from the power grid and increasing exported electricity/hydrogen to non-residential vehicles. Additionally, the demand response program (DRP) is applied in the residential load to achieve operational cost reduction. The uncertainties are modeled via various scenarios by using scenario-based stochastic optimization method. Notably, existing research for similar frameworks both lacks the consideration of uncertainties and DRP, and fails to distinguish the residential and non-residential vehicles with different charging behaviors. The results indicate that 1) The feasibility of the proposed framework is validated which can ensure the power balance of the residential area and reduce the operational cost. 2) The EOC is reduced when considering DRP.     

考虑充电负荷与风电波动特征的电动汽车快充站储能优化配置

由于电动汽车快充过程中产生的功率波动会对配电网运行造成生较大冲击,需要从充电站层面考虑相应的补偿性措施.利用储能系统(ESS)的快速调节特性,本文提出了一种考虑充电负荷特性和风电出力波动的快充站ESS配置方法.ESS的配置不仅可以减轻快充站对配电网的功率波动影响,而且可以提高其经济效益.首先,采用场景法对配电网中的风电...     

Optimal configuration for photovoltaic storage system capacity in 5G base station microgrids

Base station operators deploy a large number of distributed photovoltaics to solve the problems of high energy consumption and high electricity costs of 5G base stations. In this study, the idle space of the base station’s energy storage is used to stabilize the photovoltaic output, and a photovoltaic storage system microgrid of a 5G base station is constructed. Aiming at the capacity planning problem of photovoltaic storage systems, a two-layer optimal configuration method is proposed. The inner layer optimization considers the energy sharing among the base station microgrids, combines the communication characteristics of the 5G base station and the backup power demand of the energy storage battery, and determines an economic scheduling strategy for each photovoltaic storage system with the goal of minimizing the daily operation cost of the base station microgrid. The outer model aims to minimize the annual average comprehensive revenue of the 5G base station microgrid, while considering peak clipping and valley filling, to optimize the photovoltaic storage system capacity. The CPLEX solver and a genetic algorithm were used to solve the two-layer models. Considering the construction of the 5G base station in a certain area as an example, the results showed that the proposed model can not only reduce the cost of the 5G base station operators, but also reduce the peak load of the power grid and promote the local digestion of photovoltaic power.     

智能电网框架下电动汽车充电设施建设研究

电动汽车是解决能源和环境问题的重要手段之一,电动汽车充电设施是发展电动汽车所必须的重要配套基础设施。随着智能电网建设的推进及电动汽车的推广,电动汽车作为分散储能单元,成为智能电网的重要组成部分,必须将其纳入到智能电网建设的统一规划中。分析了电动汽车充电设施建设状况,影响因素,探讨了充电设施建设原则,提出了充电设施建设方案,并进行了风险评估。     

Microgrid technology for low voltage distribution transformer station area

大规模分布式电源、储能和电动汽车等电力电子装置分散接入配电网,致使出现用户侧供电电压频繁双向越限、台区潮流倒送、谐波超标等问题,给配电网供电电能质量、运行经济性和供电可靠性造成了重大影响;本文结合配电网台区实际建设情况,提出了一种面向低压配变台区的新型微电网配置方法,并系统阐述了面向低压配变台区的微电网技术架构、功能架构和控制目标,建立了基于台区微电网两阶段协调控制模型,通过微电网协调控制与优化调度,实现分布式电源优化并网和高效发电。采用典型台区微电网进行了仿真计算,验证了方法和模型的有效性。     

配电网对电动汽车可接纳能力分析

随着新能源汽车保有量持续上涨,大规模电动汽车接入对城市配电网的安全稳定运行带来了一定影响,研究配电网对电动汽车可接纳能力十分迫切。该研究基于不同类型电动汽车性能参数和驾驶者行为特性建立了电动汽车充电功率需求模型,分析了一定规模电动汽车接入对配电网日负荷曲线的影响。设置了含电动汽车V2G和DG并网发电4种不同场景,从电压偏差和静态电压稳定极限两个方面定量分析了配电网对电动汽车的接纳能力,以IEEE33节点配电系统为例,对比了4种不同场景下配电网对电动汽车的接纳能力。     

Design of a grid-connected PV system with hybrid energy storage

由于国内的储能技术起步较晚,分布式电源中应用单一储能介质很难满足系统运行要求.基于某公司的光伏储能并网系统示范项目,以具有快速响应特性的超级电容器和具有大容量储能特性的锂离子电池为混合储能系统,以储能控制器为控制核心统一协调控制,使电能以可控功率按需送入电网.该系统可有效提高储能系统的功率输出能力,优化储能系统的充放电过程,延长储能电池的使用寿命,具有良好的应用及推广价值.     

Impact of electric vehicles on a future renewable energy‐based power system in Europe with a focus on Germany

Electric mobility is expected to play a key role in the decarbonisation of the energy system. Continued development of battery electric vehicles is fundamental to achieving major reductions in the consumption of fossil fuels and of CO₂ emissions in the transport sector. Hydrogen can become an important complementary synthetic fuel providing electric vehicles with longer ranges. However, the environmental benefit of electric vehicles is significant only if their additional electricity consumption is covered by power production from renewable energy sources. Analysing the implications of different scenarios of electric vehicles and renewable power generation considering their spatial and temporal characteristics, we investigate possible effects of electric mobility on the future power system in Germany and Europe. The time horizon of the scenario study is 2050. The approach is based on power system modelling that includes interchange of electricity between European regions, which allows assessing long‐term structural effects in energy systems with over 80% of renewable power generation. The study exhibits strong potential of controlled charging and flexible hydrogen production infrastructure to avoid peak demand increases and to reduce the curtailment of renewable power resulting in reduced system operation, generation, and network expansion costs. A charging strategy that is optimised from a systems perspective avoids in our scenarios 3.5 to 4.5 GW of the residual peak load in Germany and leads to efficiency gains of 10% of the electricity demand of plug‐in electric vehicles compared with uncontrolled loading.     

The pricing of charging for electric vehicles in China—Dilemma and solution

The number of electric vehicles in China is expected to grow rapidly, triggering the nationwide large-scale construction of charging stations. At the same time, a reasonable charging price has not been established. This article records the views of station operators and EV users and calculates a charging pricing range. The price should not only ensure the profit of operators, but also help reduce EV users’ expenditure compared to using internal-combustion-engine vehicles. Based on current energy prices and battery costs, charging stations are unable to make profit, and the pricing shortfall is up to 0.78 RMB yuan(kWh)⁻¹. Only with a 25% increase in energy price or 25% reduction in battery cost can charging stations become profitable. Several suggestions are proposed to improve station profits. First, ensuring a high station load is helpful to increase profits, and it is estimated the reasonable number of chargers in Beijing is approximately 6000, distributed among 672 stations. Second, the use of storage batteries for on/off-peak electricity self-management can also increase the annual profit by 600,000 RMB yuan. In addition, other methods like a jointed station alliance, multiple energy supplement approaches, vehicle-to-grid technology and state subsidy can also accelerate the development of the charging service industry.     

Smart management of distinct plug‐in hybrid electric vehicle charging stations considering mobility pattern and site characteristics

Management of plug‐in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is an important alternative energy solution to accord the prevailing environmental depletion. However, adding PHEVs to the existing distribution network may stimulate issues such as increase in peak load, power loss, and voltage deviation. Addressing the aforementioned issues by incorporating distinct mobility patterns together will develop an attractive energy management. In this paper, suitable location of the charging station is presented for a novel 2‐area distribution system following distinct mobility patterns. A comprehensive study by considering the optimal, midst, and unfit site for placing the charging station is incorporated. For managing the charging sequence of PHEVs, a meta‐heuristic solving tool is developed. The main contribution of this programming model is its ability to schedule the vehicles simultaneously in both the areas. The efficiency of the proposed energy management framework is evaluated on the IEEE 33‐bus and IEEE 69‐bus distribution systems. The test system is subjected to different scenarios for demonstrating the superior performance of the proposed solving tool in satisfying the convenience of vehicle owner along with reducing the peak demand. The results show that charging at low electricity price period and discharging at high electricity price period enables the minimum operational cost.     

基于智能电网的电动汽车充放电分时电价及引导策略

为了以绿色、环保能源满足全球可持续发展的需求,可再生能源和电动汽车在全球范围内受到广泛推崇.在此情形下,高比例可再生能源发电和大规模电动汽车无序分散接入电网必将导致供求曲线的不稳定.为此,借助云存储技术和智能电网,提出了一种基于供求曲线的电动汽车充放电分时电价,并在制定充放电价格时考虑充电站的空闲率.以实现充电站和用户...