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Analysis of the Impacts of the Electrification of the Vehicle Fleet in the Electric Power System in Curitiba

2018; Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar); Volume: 61; Issue: spe Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1678-4324-smart-2018000031

1678-4324

Matheus Brati Rossetto, Elizete Maria Lourenço,

Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies

The Market share of electrical vehicles has been rising in the past few years and tends to rise even more. According to the International Energy Agency, an increase of 50% in the number of electrical vehicles is expected. Whilst that increase is beneficial from a greenhouse gases emissions drop point of view, that rise could, on the other hand, represent a major increase in the electrical power consumption. Besides, other problems such as harmonics and overloads could emerge from the massive connection of electrical vehicles to the electrical grid. Therefore, it is necessary to perform studies and simulations in order to estimate those problems and to mitigate the problems related to the inevitable expansion of the electric vehicle fleet in the near future. The present work intends to run simulations so as to identify the main effects of the electrification of the vehicular fleet in the city of Curitiba, as well as understand how the provision of ancillary services through the electrical vehicles can help in the process.