Simultaneous impacts of correlated photovoltaic systems and fast electric vehicle charging stations on the operation of active distribution grids

Abstract

<p>This paper presents two novel probabilistic models developed to account for the uncertainties of aggregated fast electric vehicle charging stations (FEVCSs) demand and correlated photovoltaic (PV) injections in active distribution network (ADN) analysis. Both models are more precise than the available ones. A probabilistic model based on the Beta distribution is used for solar radiance, while the shared random variables technique is proposed considering correlated solar radiation random variables. Furthermore, a probabilistic negative exponential load model is extended for modeling the FEVCSs based on the Weibull probability density function. Moreover, the proposed probabilistic load flow (PLF) model is solved using the combined cumulants and saddle-point approximation method. Numerical tests are provided and discussed by applying the IEEE 69-bus distribution system for different PV correlation coefficients and FEVCS load models. The results demonstrate how the uncertainty of PLF outputs is increased by integrating FEVCSs and correlated PV resources into the distribution network. In addition, simulation results validate that the cumulants-based methodology provides satisfactory accuracy with a low computational cost.</p>