Impact assessment of electric vehicle charging on distribution networks

Electric Vehicles are emerging as preferred means of transport due to rising concerns regarding the increased harmful emission with fossil fuels. The integration of the EV in the distribution network has severe effects which create unbalance in the network and will lead to a reduction in the reliability of the network. This work deals with the impact analysis of the electric vehicle charging stations on the distribution system and assesses the hosting capability of the distribution system by formulating several scenarios. In this paper, the IEEE-33 & IEEE69 bus systems have been modified to mimic the practical distribution network. The proposed formulation is done on MATLAB, and results show that up-to 40% EV penetration is tolerable by the existing distribution networks. and as the penetration increases, the permissible limit gets violated. This research work provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact caused due to residential and public based charging of electric vehicles and can be applied to different networks to assess the hosting capacity of the distribution network.