Abstract
Energy security, greenhouse gas emissions, and debate on climate change caused increased interest of penetrating of renewable power generation into power systems. Among the renewable power generation technologies, wind power generation takes a key share of load supply. However, the wind is intermittent and its output needs to rely on auxiliary supports to uniformly serve the energy customers. The emerging plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are a potential solution to mitigate intermittent effects of wind power outputs. PHEVs can provide a battery based energy storage solution to smooth intermittent outputs of wind power and they have the mobility advantage. This paper investigates the ability of PHEVs to enhance the reliability of an unbalanced power system that is integrated with wind farms. Operational characteristics of PHEVs are modelled by incorporating charging and discharging rates, depth of discharge, and their state of charge at times of use. Case studies suggest that strategic integration of PHEVs provides a considerable opportunity for wind power generation to be present in a power system in addition to the enhancement of reliability of power supply. Results argue that the level of PHEV supports does not necessarily correlate with the integration capacity of wind.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2014 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2014 - Conference Proceedings |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
ISBN (Print) | 9781479935611 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Event | 2014 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2014 - Durham, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Jul 2014 → 10 Jul 2014 |
Conference
Conference | 2014 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Durham |
Period | 7/07/14 → 10/07/14 |
Keywords
- Intermittent power outputs
- PHEVs
- reliability indices
- wind energy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Statistics and Probability