James Dixon
University of Strathclyde
18 Papers
9 Citations
James Dixon is an academic researcher from University of Strathclyde. The author has contributed to research in topics: Electric vehicle & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 13 publications. Previous affiliations of James Dixon include Environmental Change Institute.
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Papers
Electric vehicles: Battery capacity, charger power, access to charging and the impacts on distribution networks
James Dixon,Keith Bell +1 more
- 01 May 2020
TL;DR: In this article, a large travel survey dataset is used to investigate the effect of demographic characteristics on EV charging behavior and electricity demand, and it is found that increasing battery capacities and the establishment of more widespread charging opportunities may reduce the peak demand from EV charging or shift it to a time less likely to coincide with peak domestic demand.
Scheduling electric vehicle charging to minimise carbon emissions and wind curtailment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the potential for coordinated charging of electric vehicles to reduce the CO2 emissions associated with their charging by selectively charging when grid carbon intensity (gCO2/kWh) is low and absorb excess wind generation in times when it would otherwise be curtailed.
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On the ease of being green: An investigation of the inconvenience of electric vehicle charging
TL;DR: It was found that if drivers are compliant with the UK Highway Code in taking regular breaks on long journeys, fewer than 0.01% of trips are expected to be delayed by charging when using battery capacities of 40–60 kWh.
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Hosting capacity assessment of heat pumps and optimised electric vehicle charging on low voltage networks
TL;DR: It was found that optimised charging of EVs can allow for a significantly higher penetration of EVs for a given HP penetration within the network, without the need for reinforcement, and the level of improvement in hosting capacity was found to be strongly dependent on particular network topology and pre-existing demand.
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The impact of plug-in frequency on the potential of vehicle to grid to support transport and electricity system decarbonisation
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the impact of EV charging frequency on the potential of V2G to reduce consumer bills and carbon emissions of charging and found that using an EV's battery in this manner only makes financial sense to the owner if they maximise their plug-in frequency; this, alongside the increased savings, should provide an incentive to owners to plug in as much as possible.
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