Supplementary frequency control in power systems via decentralised V2G/G2V support

• Main Authors: Mitul Gamit, Akanksha Shukla, Rajesh Kumar, Kusum Verma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
• Series: The Journal of Engineering
• Subjects: power supply quality; battery powered vehicles; renewable energy sources; frequency control; power system control; vehicle-to-grid; electrical power system; renewable sources; power demands; demand imbalance; frequency fluctuations; power quality problem; frequency deviation; electric vehicles; mobile storage devices increases; regulation signal; frequency regulation data; wind energy; charging-discharging power; decentralised v2g-g2v; solar energy; voltage variation; generation imbalance; vehicle to grid service; pjm; power -650.0 kw; power 800.0 kw; power 180.0 kw
• Online Access: https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.9324

One of the smartest evolution in the electrical power system is the integration of various renewable sources. It is an effective way to cater consumers growing power demands. The intermittency issues in renewable sources may lead to generation and demand imbalance. This imbalance creates various issues like frequency fluctuations, voltage variation, power quality problem and so on. This study proposes a method to reduce the frequency deviation. More the electric vehicles (EVs) in this system, then more the mobile storage devices for vehicle to grid (V2G). The charging/discharging rates of EVs are controlled as per the regulation signal coming from the system operator. The proposed scheme has been simulated using the frequency regulation data acquired from PJM. The proposed algorithm controls the total charging/discharging power based on the regulation signal and this is used to modify the charging/discharging rates of EVs. The result shows a better performance during grid to vehicle (G2V), at time 20:00 the regulation signal is −650 kW and it fully met by EVs. However, during V2G the performance is quite good, at time 08:00 the regulation signal is 800 kW and EVs meet only 180 kW due to less number of EVs for discharging.