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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles"”.
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Reliability Impacts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Power Systems
… friendly power supply to its customers. In the past few decades, power systems are going through considerable changes to both the power consumption side as well as the power generation side. The power system planners are faced with growing challenges in maintaining acceptable level of …
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Charge Scheduling of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) for Minimized Li-ion Battery Degradation
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) are being touted as one of the most important technological advancements that will help make the smart grid a reality. The Vehicle to Grid (V2G) feature of PHEVs has the potential to help both the PHEV user as well as the electric utilities. However, overuse …
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Prospects for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the United States : a general equilibrium analysis
The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) could significantly contribute to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from personal vehicle transportation in the United States over the next century, depending on the cost-competitiveness of the vehicle, the relative cost of refined fuels and …
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A Data Driven Real Time Control Strategy for Power Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
During the past two decades desperate need for energy-efficient vehicles which has less emission have led to a great attention to and development of electrified vehicles like pure electric, Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). Resultantly, a great amount of …
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Power draw scheduling of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with unidirectional vehicle-to-grid benefits
This thesis addresses power scheduling aspects of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The use of electric vehicles (EVs) as demand response resources and the unidirectional vehicle-to-grid benefits obtainable are investigated. Power draw could be scheduled with the EV’s charger being in control …
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Analysis Of A Distribution System Integrated With Photovoltaic Charging Facilities
Electricity generation and transportation account for most of the global primary energy demand. The majority of the world’s coal demand is for electricity generation and the majority of the world’s oil demand is for transportation. This has triggered an increase in the deployment of renewable …
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Effect of plug in hybrid electric vehicle adoption on gas tax revenue, local pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions
<p>Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are likely to increase in popularity in the near future. However, the environmental benefits of PHEVs involve tradeoffs between the benefits of reduced tailpipe emissions against the drawbacks of increased emissions at marginal electric generation plants …
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Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Impacts on a Central California Residential Distribution Circuit
<p>The adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) as a means of transportation over conventionally fueled vehicles introduces new challenges to the existing infrastructure of the electrical transmission and distribution system. PHEV battery charging can represent a significant power demand …
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Run-Time HEV Engine-Generator Power-Speed Optimization for Fuel Consumption and Emissions Reduction
… economy and emissions standards become more stringent, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) using series architectures are being increasingly explored. Due to the decoupling of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) from the road, the primary control challenge in this architecture is the …
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Supervisory Controls Strategy to Reduce Utility Factor Weighted Criteria Emissions for a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
<p>Criteria emission reduction techniques are being more sought out in the automotive industry due to current government regulation for light duty vehicles. Parallel-series plug in hybrid electric vehicles can have multiple strategies to balance emissions and fuel consumption. Common controls …
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The utilization of power converters in consumer products for distributed reactive power support
The introduction of smart meters to residential customers opens the door to feedback which can be used to improve the nation's power grid. The motivation of this research lies in the use of emerging smart grid devices to supply reactive power as a means of distributed reactive power support. Such …
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Distributed Algorithms for Voltage Control in Electrical Networks
… required to stabilize and control voltage in electric power systems. As the number of distributed energy resources continues to increase, traditional approaches to the design and control of distribution networks will no longer be adequate. For example, on a clear day with high incident …
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A simulation-based assessment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle architectures
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are vehicles that utilize power from both an internal combustion engine and an electric battery that can be recharged from the grid. Simulations of series, parallel, and split-architecture PHEVs, as well as parallel and split PHEVs with ultracapacitors, were …
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Advanced active rectifiers for electric vehicle battery charging
<p>"In a big picture sense, the work presented in this dissertation is in the area of fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Both of these vehicle types require an external power source to fully charge their large amount of energy storage. For most consumers this means plugging their …
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Organic Template-Assisted Synthesis & Characterization of Active Materials for Li-ion Batteries
… currently studied as a potential way to help in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Major car manufacturers are interested in adapting the Li-ion battery in the power trains of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) to improve fuel efficiency. Materials currently used for Li-ion batteries are …
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Modeling of Electronic and Ionic Transport Resistances Within Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes
In this work, a mathematical model is reported and validated, which describes the performance of porous electrodes under low and high rates of discharge. This porous battery model can be used to provide researchers a better physical understanding relative to prior models of how cell morphology and …
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Air quality analysis of nitrogen oxides and relationships with ozone pollution
Air pollution can harm us when it accumulates in the air in high enough concentrations. Nitrogen oxides (NOx), especially nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), are increasingly of concern due to the environmental and health problems they cause. This reviews the recent literature on the reasons and impacts of NOx …
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Plug-in electric vehicle introduction in the EU
Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) could significantly reduce gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU's transport sector. However, PEV well-towheel (WTW) emissions depend on improvements in vehicle technology and on the emissions produced in generating the electricity to …
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Building a business case for corporate fleets to adopt vehicle-to-grid technology (V2G) and participate in the regulation service market
Electric (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles (PHEV) continue to gain attention and market share, not only as options for consumers but also for corporate fleets. EVs and PHEVs can contribute to lower operating costs through reduced maintenance requirements and enhanced fuel economy. In …
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