Abstract:

In the face of rising pollution, countries around the world are supporting Gridable Electric Vehicles (GEVs). Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular around the world. The increased penetration of GEVs’ into the utility grid for charging, can lead to grid instability and regulation issues. The charging scenarios would be un-coordinated in countries like India, resulting in unstable load demand on the grid. The solution to this is the adoption of an aggregator regulated Micro Grid charging station (MGCS). The MGCS would facilitate energy flow to acceptor GEV clients from donor GEV clients through Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) power transfer, thereby reducing the load on the utility grid. The MGCS would be supported by a photovoltaic system. This paper covers a comprehensive energy management framework where gridable electric vehicles are used to support micro grid charging stations, which are the need of the future. This paper proposes the utilization of GEVs’ in supporting the MGCS through the regulation of an on-board Intelligent Energy Management System (IEMS). The IEMS communicates with the MGCS aggregator and negotiates prices; it determines the amount of energy that the donor GEV clients can provide based on their future journey and criticality; and it regulates the on-board converter to allow for slow, regular, and fast charging of the acceptor GEV clients.