Vehicle-to-Grid Technology meets Packetized Energy Management: A Co-Simulation Study

TL;DR

This paper develops a co-simulation platform to explore how vehicle-to-grid EVs can improve the stability and efficiency of microgrids using packetized energy trading, integrating renewable sources and responsive loads.

Contribution

It introduces a novel co-simulation platform for integrating V2G with packetized energy management in microgrids, enabling detailed analysis of their combined effects.

Findings

V2G EVs can act as energy reservoirs to balance demand and supply.

The platform demonstrates improved microgrid stability with V2G integration.

V2G EVs help mitigate load fluctuations from renewable sources.

Abstract

The global energy landscape is experiencing a significant transformation driven by increased awareness of climate change and rapid technological advancements in renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs). Packetized energy management (PEM) schemes are gaining attention as a potential solution for power management for effective load control. This study presents the development of a co-simulation platform to investigate integration of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) with packetized energy trading (PET) in microgrid scenarios. The platform facilitates the interaction between EVs and prosumers, with a focus on responsive loads, and solar photovoltaic (PV) as intermittently available resources. Using the developed co-simulation, this study evaluates how V2G-capable EVs can enhance the stability and efficiency of PET-based microgrids. The results demonstrate the capability of V2G EVs to act as an energy reservoir, effectively managing demand-side load, thus mitigating its fluctuation from available supply while maintaining quality-of-service.