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PHEV Distribution Grid Integration and Smart Systems Testing: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2283518· OSTI ID:2283518
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
To continue NREL's mission, which includes preparing technologies and markets with "speed and scale," NREL researchers will collaborate with Toyota on plug-in electric vehicle technology. Toyota will provide a collection of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles ("PHEVs" [and ultimately including PEVs], collectively, the "Vehicles") to conduct infrastructure interaction testing at NREL facilities. NREL will use available resources in the Vehicle Testing and Integration Facility (VTIF), its staff parking garage with numerous commercial Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment ("EVSEs"), and its Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) to safely execute research experiments that highlight potential distribution system power quality challenges related to plug-in electric vehicles. The expected outcome of this project is a better understanding of the correlation of individual vehicle power quality attributes to a system of vehicles on a distribution network. The data collected and the simulations conducted will be used to guide future experiments and project development that aid in the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles ("PEV").
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
2283518
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP--5R00-88679; CRD-13-00510; MainId:89458; UUID:41e6b9ed-85a4-4693-8db8-04e07bb7e685; MainAdminId:71680
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English