Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles Using Wireless Power Transfer

Dear Colleagues, 

In the present context of global warming resulting from the emissions of greenhouse gases, the electric vehicle begins to position itself in the market as a feasible and realistic alternative to the combustion engine. The deployment of the electric vehicle not only brings along a reduction in the carbon footprint related to transport, but it provides further benefits such as an increase in the air quality along with a reduction in noise pollution. Both issues are of especial relevance in urban areas. 

Furthermore, if the vehicle electronics are designed so that the vehicle is able to operate not only as a load, but also as a generator that supplies energy to the electricity grid according to the V2G (vehicle-to-grid) concept, then the stock of cars will become an ally of the grid, since a fleet of electric vehicles can be regarded as a distributed energy storage system capable of counteracting grid imbalances (because in such a scheme, batteries are charged during the off-peak hours and feed the network during the peak hours). Moreover, the charging process and the V2G mode can be scheduled to increase the reliability of the electricity grid and facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources. These goals can be achieved by using wireless energy transfer, which provides various advantages compared to conductive technologies. 

The objective of this Special Issue is to publish the most recent research results that aid in the integration of the electric vehicle within electricity grids, using wireless energy transfer systems. 

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following technical areas:

• Wireless power transfer topologies for charging electric vehicles (inductive, capacitive, etc.).
• Design of magnetic or capacitive coupling stages for wireless power transfer.
• Control design of wireless power transfer systems applied to the charge of electric vehicles.
• Resonant topologies, resonant converters, and power electronics.
• Dynamic wireless charging for electric vehicles.
• Bidirectional wireless power transfer systems applied to the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept.

Prof. Dr. Pedro Roncero-Sanchez
Dr. Javier Vázquez
Guest Editors

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• modeling and analysis of wireless power transfer
• electric vehicles
• resonant converters
• compensation topologies
• inductive coupling
• capacitive coupling
• control schemes for wireless chargers
• dynamic wireless charging
• wireless vehicle-to-grid