Quantifying the Impact of Electric Vehicles and Distributed Energy Resources on Load Profile Sensitivity: A Comprehensive Analysis

<div>This research investigates how distributed energy resources (DERs) and electric vehicles (EVs) affect distribution networks. With sensitivity analysis, the research focuses on how these integrations affect load profiles. The research focuses on sizing of various DERs and EV charging/discharging strategies to optimize the load profile, voltage stability, and network loss minimization. System parameters including load profile, EV charging pattern, weather conditions, DER sizes, and electricity pricing are analyzed to quantify their individual and combined impacts on load variability. However, with increased capacity of DERs, network losses increase. A mathematical model with system and operational constraints has been developed and simulated in MATLAB Simulink environment, validation of the proposed approach in improving the load profile, and reduction in network losses, with the intermittent power generation from DERs and EV integration. Simulation result shows that optimal capacity of DERs and optimized EV integration improve the load profile, improve voltage regulation at various nodes across the distribution network and reduction in network losses considerable.</div>