Optimal Integration of Electric Vehicles
in Smart Grid Energy Flow
Sorin Deleanu, Marilena Stanculescu, Dragos Niculae, Paul Cristian Andrei,
Lavinia Bobaru, and Horia Andrei
Abstract This chapter provides an insight into the rapidly growing domain repre-
sented by the plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) in connection with the smart grid power
system (SGPS) and bi-directional power flow. The chapter starts with an introductive
Sect. 1, followed by Sect. 2, containing a review of the main aspects, which define and
characterize the interaction between the EVs and the SGPS. The analysis regarding
the integration of the EVs into the SGPS under the vehicle to grid (V2G) considered
the three main directions: SGPS efficiency improvement, cost-effectiveness, and the
reduction in greenhouse gases. After a presentation of the SGPS structure, Sect. 2
includes a brief description of the primary power produced by the wind turbine as
well as the one produced by the photovoltaic panels. Both represent input powers
to the SGPS, fact which classifies these two elements of SGPS as power sources,
although with an intermittent character. Following Sect. 3 dedicated to the charging
stations, the chapter continues with Sect. 4 allocated to modeling, simulation, and
results. Firstly, this section contains detailed models dedicated to the analysis of
battery charging and battery discharging, with applications to individual vehicles
and considering the presence of renewable energy sources. The models expanded
S. Deleanu (B )
SAST, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Canada
e-mail: sorind@nait.ca
M. Stanculescu · D. Niculae · P. C. Andrei · L. Bobaru
Department of Electrical Engineering, University Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
e-mail: marilena.stanculescu@upb.ro
D. Niculae
e-mail: dragos.niculae@upb.ro
P. C. Andrei
e-mail: paul.andrei@upb.ro
L. Bobaru
e-mail: lavinia.bobaru@upb.ro
H. Andrei
Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences, University Valahia, Targoviste, Romania
e-mail: hr_andrei@yahoo.com
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