Electric Vehicle Grid Experiments and Analysis

This project has concentrated on developing a low cost building energy management system (EMS) and the collection of building energy data to evaluate and verify the EMS functions. The EMS is directed toward the development of processes for reducing peak electrical demand that would occur in an office building type. The Florida Solar Energy Center office building was selected as the case study for the EMS and data analysis. An inexpensive EMS was developed and then applied to five existing EV charging stations for analysis verification. All building and charging station energy use has been continually monitored and recorded. The EMS has been programmed with a predictive control algorithm to minimized building peak loads due to EV charging. Data shows that demand costs can be minimized or eliminated using simple low cost solutions controlling building electricity use and time of day usage.

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Language

English

Project

Status: Active
Funding: $528012.00
Contract Numbers:
DTRT13-G-UTC51
Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration

University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue
Washington, DC United States 20590
Project Managers:
Block, David
Performing Organizations:
University of Central Florida, Orlando

P.O. Box 25000
Orlando, FL United States 32816
Principal Investigators:
Raustad, Richard
Start Date: 20131001
Expected Completion Date: 0
Actual Completion Date: 20180930
Source Data: RiP Project 36185

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Electric batteries; Fuel cells; Grids (Coordinates); Laboratory studies; Service life; Simulation
Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01562880
Record Type: Research project
Source Agency: Electric Vehicle Transportation Center
Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC51
Files: UTC, RiP
Created Date: May 13 2015 1:00AM