Abstract

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

V2G

Description

Vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, allowed for energy to be pushed from an EV battery to the power grid. This process worked by charging and discharging the battery based on factors like nearby consumption or energy production. Technologies that utilized this concept are vehicle-to-home (V2H), vehicle-to-building (V2B), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X). These technologies optimized the energy flow from the EV battery to the power grid and vice versa to create a more efficient renewable energy system.

Moreover, V2G was extremely useful during power outages because of how the EV batteries stored and supplied the energy to the building when the power went out. Likewise, it proved to be economically beneficial to consumers because of how much revenue they generated when they sold any excess energy they had back to the power grid.

This technology allowed for a system to balance renewable energy and mitigate climate change. V2G had no need for additional funding in hardware, because EV batteries were the best cost effective form of energy storage. Furthermore, the technology optimized the condition of an EV battery, and improved the battery’s health after only one year of operation. V2G proved to be an incredibly viable technology, especially in the future of energy.

Member(s)

Josh Kozohar

Arbel Meta

Shiddharth Patel

Hardik Veguru

Advisors(s)

Professor Kevin Lu