| Title |
Review of Design Components of Recharging Infrastructure for Electrical Vehicles in Apartments |
| Authors |
Ki-Hong Lee ; Ho-Young Kee ; Wan-Hee Byun |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2012.26.10.111 |
| Keywords |
EV ; Transformer ; Electrical Installations ; Consumer Survey ; Over Load ; Load Control |
| Abstract |
Electric vehicles (EVs) are the most promising alternative substitute to a significant amount of gasoline vehicles for climate friendly transportation. This paper conducted an EV consumer survey through the telephone for 200 residents living in apartments to predict the EV penetration level in the year 2020. The results of EV consumer survey revealed that EV will be penetrated to 10% of the total vehicles in rental apartments and to 23.6% of the total vehicles in apartments for sale(condominium) until 2020. High EV penetration level, however, will lead to an increase of power consumption and over loading of electrical installations. Integrating more electric vehicles, the capacity of transformer related in apartments should be checked to prevent the over loading of the transformer. This paper checked the possibility of over loading at transformer and suggested the load control system as one of the solutions to reduce the over loading of transformers in apartments. Also this paper reviewed other components that should be checked in the designing of EV recharging infrastructure in apartments. |