| Electric power system in today's world is on the verge of significant transformation. For the past few years or so, "Smart grid" has been one of the hottest topics in national news and professional conferences in the electric power industry. The next-generation electricity grid, known as "smart" or "intelligent," is expected to accommodate all generation and storage options, whereupon Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology emerges in Electric and hybrid-electric vehicles and has been a promising technology. This thesis presents a reversible battery charger for electric vehicle with V2G function and associated control strategy for the power flowing between the grid and EV. The reversible battery charger is being proposed to connect the power grid and EV battery group of 12 batteries of 12V in series on an EV of Electric Vehicle Evaluation Lab in University of Massachusetts Lowell. The method uses a matrix converter and bidirectional de-dc converter. The charger was simulated using MATLAB SIMULINK environment. The results are presented to show the charger operation under different mode. |
