Analysis on Harmonics Caused by Connecting Electric Vehicle Chargers with Power Network

Abstract:

As a class of nonlinear loads in the power system, electric vehicle chargers will produce a certain harmonic pollution for the grid. Before the construction of charging stations, it is necessary for electric vehicle charger (station) connected to the grid to simulate and predict harmonics. The models of single charger and charge station are built separately in order to simulate and analysis the impact of a single and multiple chargers on power quality. The factors of the harmonic current ratio (HRI) and the current total harmonic distortion (THD_I) varied with the charging power and the number of the chargers are discussed and analyzed. The generation mechanism of harmonic counteraction and interaction between the chargers are analyzed. The simulation results show that: because of the impedance of the system and the transformer, the harmonic current ratio (HRI) and the current total harmonic distortion (THD_I) both increase firstly to some extent and subsequently decrease gently with the increase of the number of the chargers in the same power charging. This phenomenon has nothing to do with the harmonic counteraction and how that happen is discussed and analysis in this paper. And the phenomenon of harmonics interaction and counteraction occurs with the increase of the number of the chargers in different power charging, and the current total harmonic distortion (THD_I) declines and tends to maintain a relatively stable value.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 724-725)
• Pages: 1393-1397
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.724-725.1393
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiang Zhen Li, Guang Ming Hu, Peng Xin Hou, Yu Bo Fan, Chun Lin Guo
• Keywords: Electric Vehicle (EV), EV Charger (Station), Harmonic Counteraction, THD_i

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