EVs and PV Integration in Micro grids and to Study their Effects /

Abstract

Aggravating energy crises across the globe have motivated research efforts toward deployment of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in distribution networks. Solar photovoltaics (PVs) are considered as a vital candidate to meet the needs of future distribution mechanisms. With the increase in penetration level of PVs in medium and low voltage distribution networks, the complexity and problems in the power system increased because of intermittent and variable nature of PVs and need some storage system for backup. It is predicted that number of electric vehicles will increased to considerable capacity in the near future, and can be used as storage for RES backup. The objective of this thesis is to study the impact of PV integration in radial distribution network, which is used as micro grid. Further the radial distribution network is modified to loop distribution network to mitigate the problems caused by PV integration. Also vehicle-to-grid technology has been used for demand side management to support the intermittent and variable nature of PV in micro grids. Electric vehicles are used as a demand side management tools for valley filling and peak shaving. For this research work IEEE-33 bus medium voltage distribution network is used as micro grid and for simulations MATLAB/Simulink environment has been utilized.