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Vleugel, J (author), Bal, Frans (author)Densely populated areas are major sources of air, soil and water pollution. Agriculture, manufacturing, consumer households and road traffic all have their share. This is particularly true for the country featured in this paper: the Netherlands. Continuous pollution of the air and soil manifests itself as acification, decalcification and...conference paper 2023
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Pesantez, D. (author), Rodriguez, F. (author), Renaudineau, H. (author), Rivera, Sebastian (author), Kouro, S. (author)This paper proposes a new buck-boost flying-capacitor (FC) converter for the DC-DC stage of an Electric Vehicle (EV) fast charging station. The proposed converter is capable of delivering a wide output range of voltage to charge different battery configurations. The converter has two modes of operation, buck and boost. Thanks to this feature,...conference paper 2023
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Damianakis, Nikolaos (author), Yu, Y. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Smart-Charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) is able to provide frequency regulation capacity services to the System Operator (SO) upon an automation generation control (AGC) signal. While the amount of available regulation capacity is of-fered in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM), there is high uncertainty on the actual amount of reserves that will be...conference paper 2023
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Menendez Agudin, A. (author), Jaikumar, Kalpesh (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Slaifstein, D.A. (author), Pool, Jeroen (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper presents a Mix Integer Linear Programming (MILP) optimization approach to reduce peak demand and maximize revenue in a grid-connected building with a PV-equipped charging station for Shared EVs. The study investigates the impact of EV availability on the effectiveness of the system by comparing the results for different connection...conference paper 2023
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Diab, I. (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In-Motion-Charging (IMC) buses are destined to become a key player in sustainable urban transport as they combine the advantages of both trolleybuses (overhead supply mode) and e-buses (on-board battery mode). Defining the route ratio of these two modes of operation is a critical task in order to ensure that the IMC battery can complete a...conference paper 2022
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Grazian, F. (author), Shi, W. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Dong, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)When considering EV wireless charging that uses inductive power transfer with magnetic resonance, the coils’ current distortion must be minimized to guarantee compliance with the electromagnetic compatibility limits on the radiated magnetic field set by the relevant industrial standards. This paper analyzes the current distortion caused by...conference paper 2022
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Grazian, F. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Nowadays, inductive power transfer (IPT) with magnetic resonance is the most used method for high-power wireless battery charging applications. Once the topology of the compensation network and the operating frequency are selected, there are infinite combinations of the circuit equivalent inductance and compensation capacitance values resonating...conference paper 2022
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Goedegebure, Niels (author), Hennig, R.J. (author)A higher share of renewables and electric vehicles increase the risk of congestion in electricity distribution systems. New distribution tariff designs have been proposed to prevent congestion. However, most modeling of tariff performance assumes deterministic price information. This paper proposes a method to assess the impact of price...conference paper 2022
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Grazian, F. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper investigates the interoperability of the proposed voltage/current doubler (V/I-D) converter used for wireless charging of electric vehicles (EVs), which achieves high efficiency when charging both 400V and 800V batteries at the same power. Nominally, the V/I-D converter employs bipolar pads (BPP) at both the primary and the secondary...conference paper 2022
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Stecca, M. (author), Vermeer, W.W.M. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Ramirez Elizondo, L.M. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Palensky, P. (author)This paper discusses the design and optimization of electric vehicles’ fast-charging stations with on-site photovoltaic energy production and a battery energy storage system. Three scenarios, varying the number of chargers, distance from the main grid, and on-site photovoltaic generation potential, are investigated. Such scenarios are...conference paper 2022
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Beliautsou, Viktar (author), Alfonso, Jesus (author), Giltay, J.N.P. (author), Büchner, Florian (author), Shyrokau, B. (author), Castellanos, Jose A. (author), Ivanov, Valentin (author)This paper presents the validation of an integrated chassis controller that unites three groups of actuators for the electric vehicle (EV) with independent in-wheel electric motors (IWMs) for each wheel. Controlled actuators are the IWMs, the active suspension, and the braking system. The models of test benches and the designed architecture of...conference paper 2022
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Riekerk, C. (author), Grazian, F. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Dong, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The increase in popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) and the pursuit of user convenience makes wireless power transfer (WPT) an attractive technology for the charging of batteries. The usage of WPT in e-transportation is not straightforward because the current standardization limits the allowed operating frequency range and magnitude of the...conference paper 2021
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Tan, Changyu (author), Stecca, M. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Dong, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The parallel connection of a Silicon (Si)-based IGBT and a Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based MOSFET forming a so called hybrid switch (HyS) can be used to exploit the advantageous features of both semiconductor and materials technologies. In this paper, a HyS-based inverter designed for the application of Electric Vehicle (EV) traction is compared to...conference paper 2021
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Shekhar, A. (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bandyopadhyay, S. (author), Bauer, P. (author)DC traction networks that supply power to trolley-buses, tramcars and trains can be simultaneously used to integrate fast-charging stations for Electric Vehicles (EVs). This strategy improves the traction grid utilization of urban transportation systems. In addition, it offers a potential solution to the increasing requirement of charging...conference paper 2021
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Koolman, George (author), Stecca, M. (author), Bauer, P. (author)The high pulsating demand of fast charging stations (FCS) may cause monthly demand charges to account for a significant fraction of a station's electric bill. To reduce these costs, demand charge management can be applied to suppress peak power demands at FCSs, also using battery energy storage systems (BESS). This paper proposes a multi...conference paper 2021
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Miralinaghi, M. (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), Seilabi, S. E. (author), Labi, S. (author)Metropolitan authorities continue to seek programs and initiatives to reduce emissions in their jurisdictions. It has been shown that transitioning from fossil fuel to electric propulsion of transportation can help realize this goal. However, the current market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) compared to internal combustion engine...conference paper 2020
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Grazian, F. (author), Shi, W. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Dong, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)In inductive power transfer applications, it is possible to ensure high efficiency of the main coils by operating at the optimum load. Since the optimum load depends on the coupling between the main coils, the operation needs to be adapted to match this case at different alignment conditions. This paper proposes a method to keep the optimum load...conference paper 2020
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Grazian, F. (author), Shi, W. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Dong, J. (author), van Duijsen, P.J. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Industrial wireless charging systems use standardized coils to guarantee interoperability between different manufacturers. In combination with these coils, the compensation network can still be designed and optimized. This paper explains the step-by-step design of the compensation network for a 7.7 kW wireless charging system (power class WPT2),...conference paper 2020
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Ghotge, R. (author), Paanakker, Marnix (author), van Wijk, A.J.M. (author), Baeten, Brecht (author), Lukszo, Z. (author)Aggregation of sufficiently large electric vehicle (EV) fleets and control over their charging schedules enables aggregators to utilise the flexibility of EV charging in the Day Ahead Market. Optimising the charge scheduling of such fleets enables time-shifting of electricity demand to hours when electricity is cheaper, reducing the...conference paper 2020
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Hennig, R.J. (author), Jonker, Martijn (author), Tindemans, Simon H. (author), De Vries, Laurens (author)Residential distribution networks in Europe are undergoing rapid changes. As high-power flexible loads, such as electric vehicle (EV) chargers, become more prevalent, the risk of network congestion increases. This is exacerbated by tariff structures which do not give incentives to limit simultaneous power consumption. Network charges in this...conference paper 2020