Paper Info
Title
Analyzing Distribution Transformers at City Scale and the Impact of EVs and Storage.
Abstract
Electric vehicles (EV) are rapidly increasing in popularity, which is significantly increasing demand on the distribution infrastructure in the electric grid. This poses a serious problem for the grid, as most distribution transformers were installed during the pre-EV era, and thus were not sized to handle large loads from EVs. In parallel, smart grid technologies have emerged that actively regulate demand to prevent overloading the grid's infrastructure, in particular by optimizing the use of grid-scale energy storage. In this paper, we first analyze the load on distribution transformers across a small city and study the potential impact of EVs as their penetration levels increase. Our real-world dataset includes the energy demand from 1,353 transformers and charging profiles from 91 EVs over a 1 year period, and thus provides an accurate snapshot of the grid's current state, and allows us to examine the potential impact of increasing EV penetrations. We then evaluate the benefits of using smart grid technologies, such as smart EV charging and energy storage, to mitigate the effects of increasing the EV-based load.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3208903.3208925
E-ENERGY'18: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUTURE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Field
DocType
Citations 
Energy storage,Automotive engineering,Smart grid,Distribution transformer,Computer science,Solar power,Energy demand,Dimensioning,Grid
Conference
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
17
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John Wamburu121.85
Stephen Lee2979.80
Prashant J. Shenoy36386521.30
David E. Irwin489998.12