Leite, VicenteFerreira, Ângela P.Batista, José2018-02-192018-03-122018-01-192018-03-122014Leite, Vicente; Ferreira, Angela; Batista, Jose (2014). Bidirectional vehicle-to-grid interface under a microgrid project. In 2014 IEEE 15th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2014. ISBN 978-1479921478978-1479921478http://hdl.handle.net/10198/14629In the emergent deployment of the smart grids, storage systems play an important role into assets utilization optimization, providing backup power and peak-shaving. This concept becomes more critical in the context of microgrids with a high penetration of renewable energy resources. Plug-in electric vehicles provide an enormous distributed storage capability, which favours the technical and economical exploitation of such systems. This paper presents a comprehensive implementation and control of a bidirectional power converter for vehicle-to-grid integration, based on a bidirectional DC/DC converter followed by a full bridge DC/AC converter. The evaluation of the adopted topology and its control is performed through simulation and experimental validation. © 2014 IEEE.engBatteriesConvertersDistributed GenerationEnergy storageGrid-to-VehicleMicrogridsVehicle-to-Gridconference object10.1109/COMPEL.2014.6877175