policy brief

Can Plug-in Electric Vehicles in a Smart Grid Improve Resiliency?

Publication Date

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Ghazal Razeghi, Scott Samuelsen

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Abstract

While the impact of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on electricity generation and transmission has been studied extensively, the impact of PEVs on the resiliency of the local electricity distribution system has not been addressed in detail. Understanding resiliency impacts is important as the increased use of PEVs, and especially the clustering of PEVs in one area (such as a neighborhood), place additional pressures on already aging power grid infrastructure. As an example, charging a large population of PEVs during normal operations can stress system components (such as transformers) resulting in accelerated aging or even failure, which reduces resiliency of the system. On the other hand, PEVs can also increase system resiliency. When connected to the grid, PEVs are an energy resource that can provide electricity for critical services (such as community shelters) during grid outages and facilitate grid restoration by providing electricity to support the restart of transformers and other utility assets.

Suggested Citation

Ghazal Razeghi and Scott Samuelsen (2021) Can Plug-in Electric Vehicles in a Smart Grid Improve Resiliency?. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2hm56qz.

published journal article

Can Boosting Minority Car-Ownership Rates Narrow Inter-Racial Employment Gaps?

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Author(s)

Steven Raphael, Michael A. Stoll, Kenneth Small, Clifford Winston

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Suggested Citation

Steven Raphael, Michael A. Stoll, Kenneth A. Small and Clifford Winston (2001) “Can Boosting Minority Car-Ownership Rates Narrow Inter-Racial Employment Gaps?”, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, pp. 99–145. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25058784.

conference paper

Precise UAV navigation with cellular carrier phase measurements

2018 IEEE/ION position, location and navigation symposium (PLANS)

Publication Date

April 1, 2018

Author(s)

Joe Khalife, Zaher Kassas

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Suggested Citation

Joe Khalife and Zaher M. Kassas (2018) “Precise UAV navigation with cellular carrier phase measurements”, in 2018 IEEE/ION position, location and navigation symposium (PLANS). IEEE, pp. 978–989. Available at: 10.1109/plans.2018.8373476.

published journal article

Using Microscopic Simulation to Evaluate Potential Intelligent Transportation System Strategies Under Nonrecurrent Congestion

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Lianyu Chu, Henry Liu, Will Recker

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Abstract

A microsimulation method is presented for evaluating the effectiveness of potential intelligent transportation system (ITS) strategies under nonrecurrent congestion. The evaluated ITS strategies include incident management, adaptive ramp metering, traveler information systems, arterial management, and a combination of those strategies. These strategies are implemented and evaluated over a road network in Irvine, California, with the microsimulation model PARAMICS. The evaluation results show that all ITS strategies have positive effects on network performance. Because of the network topology (one major freeway with two parallel arterial streets), real-time traveler information has the greatest benefits among all single ITS strategies. However, a combination of ITS strategies can further increase benefits.

Suggested Citation

Lianyu Chu, Henry X. Liu and Will Recker (2004) “Using Microscopic Simulation to Evaluate Potential Intelligent Transportation System Strategies Under Nonrecurrent Congestion”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1886(1), pp. 76–84. Available at: 10.3141/1886-10.

published journal article

A spatial model of housing attributes: Theory and evidence

Land Economics

Publication Date

February 1, 1983

Author(s)

Jan Brueckner, Peter F. Colwell

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Suggested Citation

Jan K. Brueckner and Peter F. Colwell (1983) “A spatial model of housing attributes: Theory and evidence”, Land Economics, 59(1), p. 58. Available at: 10.2307/3145876.

MS Thesis

Impact of Jersey median barriers on the freqency and severity of freeway accidents

Publication Date

January 1, 1990

Author(s)

Omar Merheb

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Suggested Citation

Omar Merheb (1990) Impact of Jersey median barriers on the freqency and severity of freeway accidents. MS Thesis. UC Irvine. Available at: https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/17uq3m8/alma991028822269704701.

published journal article

Transport subsidies, system choice, and urban sprawl

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Publication Date

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jan Brueckner

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the effect of transport subsidies on the spatial expansion of cities, asking whether such subsidies are a source of undesirable urban sprawl. Even though the cost-reducing effect of transport subsidies is offset by a higher general tax burden (which reduces the demand for space), the analysis shows that subsidies nevertheless lead to spatial expansion of cities. If the transport system exhibits constant returns to scale, the subsidies are inefficient, making the urban expansion they entail undesirable. The paper also studies transport “system choice,” with the city portrayed as selecting its transport system from along a continuum of money cost/time cost choices. The analysis shows that subsidies inefficiently bias choice in the direction of a high money cost/low time cost option. Lastly, the paper considers system choice in a city with rich and poor groups, showing that the rich favor a system with a high money cost and low time cost, but that their choice, if implemented, leads to a city whose spatial size is smaller than optimal. Thus, rich control of system choice does not lead to urban sprawl. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Suggested Citation

Jan K. Brueckner (2005) “Transport subsidies, system choice, and urban sprawl”, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 35(6), pp. 715–733. Available at: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2005.01.001.

published journal article

An empirical study of the toxic capsule crisis in china: Risk perceptions and behavioral responses. An Empirical Study of the Toxic Capsule Crisis in China

Risk Analysis

Publication Date

July 1, 2013

Author(s)

Tianjun Feng, Robin Keller, Ping Wu, Yifan Xu

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Suggested Citation

Tianjun Feng, L. Robin Keller, Ping Wu and Yifan Xu (2013) “An empirical study of the toxic capsule crisis in china: Risk perceptions and behavioral responses. An Empirical Study of the Toxic Capsule Crisis in China”, Risk Analysis, 34(4), pp. 698–710. Available at: 10.1111/risa.12099.

published journal article

Quantitative analysis of a successful public hydrogen station

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Publication Date

September 1, 2012

Author(s)

Tim Brown, Shane Stephens-Romero, Scott Samuelsen

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Abstract

Reliable hydrogen fueling stations will be required for the successful commercialization of fuel cell vehicles. An evolving hydrogen fueling station has been in operation in Irvine, California since 2003, with nearly five years of operation in its current form. The usage of the station has increased from just 1000 kg dispensed in 2007 to over 8000 kg dispensed in 2011 due to greater numbers of fuel cell vehicles in the area. The station regularly operates beyond its design capacity of 25 kg/day and enables fuel cell vehicles to exceed future carbon reduction goals today. Current limitations include a cost of hydrogen of $15 per kg, net electrical consumption of 5 kWh per kg dispensed, and a need for faster back-to-back vehicle refueling. Copyright (C) 2012, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Suggested Citation

Tim Brown, Shane Stephens-Romero and G. Scott Samuelsen (2012) “Quantitative analysis of a successful public hydrogen station”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(17), pp. 12731–12740. Available at: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.06.008.

published journal article

Flyovers and high flow arterial concept

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Publication Date

March 1, 1985

Author(s)

Will Recker, Michael McNally, Gregory Root

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Suggested Citation

Wilfred W. Recker, Michael G. McNally and Gregory S. Root (1985) “Flyovers and high flow arterial concept”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, 111(2), pp. 139–154. Available at: 10.1061/(asce)0733-947x(1985)111:2(139).