Understanding and Managing the Impacts of Electric Vehicles on Electric Power Distribution Systems

While there are a number of useful studies on the greenhouse gas impacts of transportation electrification, only recently have researchers begun to understand the impacts of electricity on electric power infrastructure. Thus, the primary goals of this research project were to understand these impacts in detail and to develop new methods for reducing the impact of transportation electrification on the electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure. In particular, this report focuses on understanding and mitigating the impact of transportation electrification on the medium and low voltage distribution infrastructure, through which electricity is transported from the bulk power grid, through neighborhoods, to individual homes and businesses. This project focused specifically on the impacts of electric vehicles on two key components of power distribution systems: residential service transformers, and underground cables. This project also studied new methods to dynamically adjust the number of electric vehicles that are charging simultaneously, in order to mitigate the risk of electricity infrastructure damage from electric vehicle charging.

• Record URL:
  http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-14-010.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Vermont, Burlington

  Transportation Research Center
  210 Colchester Avenue
  Burlington, VT  United States  05405-1757

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hines, Paul
  • Frolik, Jeff
  • Marshall, Jeffrey
  • Rezaei, Pooya
  • Seier, Andrew
  • Fuhrmann, Andrew
  • Dowds, Jonathan
  • Hilshey, Alexander
• Publication Date: 2014-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 83p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric cables; Electric power transmission; Electric power transmission facilities; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Transformers
• Subject Areas: Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01531520
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRC Report 14-010
• Contract Numbers: #ECCS-1254549;
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 25 2014 9:44AM