Power Quality:
It’s What Makes Transportation Electrification Work
Amid the excitement around green mobility and the massive federal funding to accelerate its development, some electrical engineers see the elephant in the room — or rather, in the road.
Electric vehicle (EV) charging technology is known to produce power quality issues that can:
- disrupt charging
- damage electrical distribution equipment
- cause relays to malfunction, and more
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Power Quality:
It’s What Makes Transportation Electrification Work
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EV Represents the Biggest Electrical Load in Decades.
But Here’s Why It’s Different.
Electric vehicle adoption in America is on track for even more rapid acceleration thanks to recent federal legislation. In fact, EV charging has been deemed the most significant new load and revenue source for utilities since the upsurge of air-conditioning in the 1950s.1
What’s different today is that EV chargers (and other modern electronics) are non-linear loads powered by inverter technology that emits harmonic pollution. This not only degrades charging performance but also decreases stability in other areas of the grid — especially when these loads are adjacent to renewable energy resources such as solar panels.
A Mounting Challenge:
By 2030, EVs will account for an estimated 10% of U.S. cars and light-duty trucks2
The U.S. Infrastructure Bill requires 97% charger uptime for publicly funded projects3
Roughly 1 in 5 attempts to charge at public charging networks fails4
Detect and Correct Power Quality Problems
Electrical engineers can apply power quality monitoring instruments at the site level to capture real-time visibility of charging unit health, voltage distortions from nearby loads — common with distributed energy sources — and other potential failure points. With this insight, corrective actions such as harmonic filtering can be implemented to optimize uptime. Learn how Powerside is helping to keep EV charging stations open for business.
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Go the First Mile Toward Reliable EV Charging Infrastructure
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