Measurement-Based Current-Harmonics Modeling of Aggregated Electric-Vehicle Loads Using Power-Exponential Functions

• Main Author: Georgios Foskolos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
• Series: World Electric Vehicle Journal
• Subjects: aggregated loads; current-harmonic summation; electric vehicles; modeling; power exponential functions
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/11/3/51

This paper presents an aggregate current-harmonic load model using power exponential functions and built from actual measurement data during the individual charging of four different fully electric vehicles. The model is based on individual emitted current harmonics as a function of state of charge (SOC), and was used to deterministically simulate the simultaneous charging of six vehicles fed from the same bus. The aggregation of current harmonics up to the 11th was simulated in order to find the circumstances when maximal current-harmonic magnitude occurs, and the phase-angle location. The number of possible identical vehicles was set to four, while battery SOC, the start of charging, and the kind of vehicle were randomized. The results are presented in tables, graphs, and polar plots. Even though simulations did not consider the surrounding harmonics, supply-voltage variation, or network impedance, this paper presents an innovative modeling approach that gives valuable information on the individual current-harmonic contribution of aggregated electric-vehicle loads. With the future implementation of vehicle-to-grid technology, this way of modeling presents new opportunities to predict the harmonic outcome of multiple electric vehicles charging.