TY - GEN
T1 - Long-term electric system investments to support Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
AU - Blumsack, Seth
AU - Samaras, Constantine
AU - Hines, Paul
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) represent a promising pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the U.S. transportation sector. A large-scale shift from gasoline-powered automobiles to PHEVs would inextricably link the U.S. transportation system with its electric system. We build on [4] to perform a regional emissions analysis of a PHEV use pattern where PHEVs are charged at night and discharged during the day. We find that in some coal-intensive regions like the Midwest, charging PHEVs by burning coal may produce more emissions than burning gasoline. Overnight charging of PHEVs will deteriorate the system load factor by increasing offpeak demand. This may have deleterious effects on system infrastructure. We perform some simple simulations looking at the effect of off-peak PHEV charging on the performance of oilcooled substation transformers.
AB - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) represent a promising pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the U.S. transportation sector. A large-scale shift from gasoline-powered automobiles to PHEVs would inextricably link the U.S. transportation system with its electric system. We build on [4] to perform a regional emissions analysis of a PHEV use pattern where PHEVs are charged at night and discharged during the day. We find that in some coal-intensive regions like the Midwest, charging PHEVs by burning coal may produce more emissions than burning gasoline. Overnight charging of PHEVs will deteriorate the system load factor by increasing offpeak demand. This may have deleterious effects on system infrastructure. We perform some simple simulations looking at the effect of off-peak PHEV charging on the performance of oilcooled substation transformers.
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U2 - 10.1109/PES.2008.4596906
DO - 10.1109/PES.2008.4596906
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:52349103489
SN - 9781424419067
T3 - IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting: Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, PES
BT - IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting
T2 - IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting: Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, PES
Y2 - 20 July 2008 through 24 July 2008
ER -