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• TITLE: A Novel Idea for Self-Balancing Car Parks for Plug in Electric Vehicle Charging

  AUTHORS: Andrew D. Clarke, Elham B. Makram

  KEYWORDS: Unbalance, Electric Vehicles, Power System Control, Smart Grid

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, Vol.2 No.10, October 24, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Many existing studies seek to examine and mitigate possible impacts which plug in vehicle (PEV) charging will have on electric utilities. As PEVs increase in popularity, car parks will have to be built in order to allow for charging while away from home. Existing studies fail to consider the unbalance conditions in the distribution feeders to car parks during PEV charging. This paper presents an innovative idea to improve the unbalance conditions caused by a car park by reconfiguring PEV charger connections to a three-phase system. Although the developed algorithm is simple, results show its ability to balance the power among the phases. A car park is used as an example to show that balancing of the real power drawn by PEV chargers in a parking structure is a success.