Integration of Electric Vehicles in Distribution Systems

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• Review electric vehicles and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE).
• Impacts of EV integration: including line and equipment loading increase, low voltage violations, current/voltage imbalance, power factor modification, losses increase, load and power factor modification, transformer life-cycle impacts, etc.
• Mitigation measures for DG and EV integration: including classic and smart grid solutions such as reconductoring, express/dedicated feeders, modification of settings and operation modes of voltage control and regulation equipment (line voltage regulators, load tap changers, capacitor banks), dynamic volt-Var control, active power curtailment, smart inverter functions (volt-Var, volt-Watt, voltage and frequency ride-through), applications of distribution class power electronics devices (STATCOMs, etc.), feeder reconfiguration, advanced protection solutions.