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Vehicle-To-Grid (V2g) Reactive Power Operation Analysis Of The Ev/Phev Bidirectional Battery Charger, Mithat Can Kisacikoglu May 2013

Vehicle-To-Grid (V2g) Reactive Power Operation Analysis Of The Ev/Phev Bidirectional Battery Charger, Mithat Can Kisacikoglu

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More battery powered electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will be introduced to the market in 2013 and beyond. Since these vehicles have large batteries that need to be charged from an external power source or directly from the grid, their charging circuits and grid interconnection issues are garnering more attention.

It is possible to incorporate more than one operation mode in a charger by allowing the power to flow bidirectionally. Usually, the bidirectional power transfer stands for two-way transfer of active power between the charger and the grid. The general term of sending active power from …