Simulating the Electrical Demand Due to Residential Electric Vehicle Charging
Open AccessAn understanding of the electrical demand created by residential electric vehicle charging is needed so that electrical utilities can plan for future production increases, upgrades, and/or the expansion of services. Antiquated infrastructure and outdated technology are prevalent issues without the increase in demand. Climate change is another factor for electrical power production issues. The additional demand may be too much for the current systems to handle. Depending on the method of generation, utilities may have to make significant investments to increase their capabilities or include different technologies into their infrastructure. This paper seeks to simulate a representation of the worst night’s electrical demand such that utilities have insight into how much of and what type an investment(s) they would need to incorporate. The simulation accounts for the population of electric vehicles, the home charging systems, and the vehicles’ current mileage. It simulates the charge needed to fill the batteries to capacity and the time it would take to do so. It also assigns a block of time in which the vehicles would charge. Lastly it sums the demand of each vehicle at each hour of the night to indicate any patterns and the intensity of the demand.
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