Partners
Metrology for electric vehicle charging systems
Partners
The consortium brings together 13 NMIs, 5 universities, 3 research organizations and 1 company. Each partner brings the dedicated expertise required for effectively realizing the project’s aims and objectives. In addition, the consortium’s links with industrial stakeholders from across Europe will ensure the international relevance and applicability of the research outputs.
| WP No | Work Package Title | Active Partners (WP leader in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| WP1 | Evaluation of EVCS disturbances and Grid impedance | UNIGE, VSL, BFKH, JV, LNE, RISE, CIRCE, Elaad, EMC-BCN, ITE, STRATH, UPV/EHU, UTwente |
| WP2 | Development of AC test references enabling the accurate characterisation of EV charging stations and on-site testing | CEM, VSL, BEV-PTP, BFKH, CMI, JV, LNE, MIRS, Elaad, INM, INTI, ITE, SUN, UNIGE, UPV/EHU, UTwente |
| WP3 | Development of traceable DC test bench and test references enabling the accuracy testing of meters and the energy efficiency of DC low power and high power EVCSs | CMI, VSL, BEV-PTP, CEM, JV, TUBITAK, VTT, CIRCE, Elaad, INTI, ITE, SUN, UNIGE, UPV/EHU, UTwente |
| WP4 | Creating impact | RISE, all participants |
| WP5 | Management and coordination | VSL, all participants |
VSL is a leading institute in grid metrology with a wide range of facilities and expertise and with excellent links to utilities and other stakeholders. VSL has extensive experience in coordinating EMRP/EMPIR JRPs, including three electrical grid metrology JRPs (EMRP JRP ENG04 SmartGrid and EMPIR JRPs 17NRM01 TrafoLoss and 20NRM03 DC grids). VSL is the former chair of European Metrology Network for Smart Electricity Grids. In this project, VSL will contribute to all three technical WPs and lead the Management and coordination WP.
BEV-PTP is the national metrology institute of Austria which has contributed to several EMRP and EMPIR JRPs. BEV-PTP has an electrical energy laboratory with capabilities to calibrate electrical energy meters for AC up to 3*290/500 V and 3*120 A at 50 Hz, develops a measurement system for DC-Meter calibration including AC ripple currents and runs a laboratory for high voltage and high current. BEV-PTP has participated in several JRPs including EMPIR JRPs 20IND09 PowerElec, 15RPT04 TracePQM and 14RPT01 ACQ-PRO. This experience will be the base for BEV-PTP contribution to WP2 and WP3.
BFKH is the national metrology institute of Hungary. BFKH is in charge of keeping the various national standards and legal metrology in Hungary. BFKH is a member of WELMEC. BFKH’s certified AC-laboratory is interested in working together with other countries mainly in AC side of electrical energy measurements. BFKH will take part in work of WP1 and WP2.
CEM has state of the art capabilities in power, energy and power quality measurements, has participated in several related EMPIR JRPs and participates in the EMPIR JRP 19RPT01 QuantumPower to trace these measurements to quantum standards. CEM has developed several Spanish regulations related with measurement instruments. CEM is member of European Commission Working Group Measuring Instruments (WgMI) E01349; WELMEC Committee Member, WELMEC WG 11, OIML TC 12, CENELEC TC 13, UNE (Spanish SDO) and several Spanish mirror committees. CEM will lead WP2 activities and contribute to work in WP3.
CMI has wide experience in development of digital sampling setups for measurement of power, PQ, phase, impedance, THD and other specialised quantities. CMI also has a supercomputer for numerical simulations and uncertainty calculations which will be used in WP2. CMI has developed prototype facility to perform on-site measurements up to 50 kW of EVSE and together with facilitating access to an EVCS site via the Czech distributor stakeholder, they will work on versatile equipment for on-site verifications of EVCSs. This will be done within WP3, which CMI will also lead.
JV is the national metrology institute of Norway, has a long experience in the field of power and PQ, particularly in the development of precision current and voltage transducers for precise DC and AC measurements, combined with high-speed and precise continuous sampling with 3458 DMMs / NI 5922 digitisers, together with provision of traceability for the equipment used in the site measurements (WP3). JV also has deployed a high precision sampling system for power and PQ, based on software developed for field measurement for the EMPIR JRP 17NRM02 MeterEMI, applicable for WP1. JV will contribute to provide access to relevant sites and arrange and participate in WP1 field measurements. JV is a notified body in Norway with long experience in testing and type approving of static energy meters under present standards. JV has members in relevant standardisation organisations, OIML etc. where output of this project can have an impact. JV will contribute to all three technical WPs.
LNE operates as the national reference laboratory in metrology for French industry and works in several domains as e.g., power and energy measurement, high frequency. LNE has climatic chambers, vibrating installation, and EMC equipment (e.g., programmable power supplies, disturbances generator). Involved in several standardisation groups, LNE participates actively in international cooperation in metrology. The LNE experience and capacities will be the base for the technical work proposed in WP1 and WP2.
MIRS, the national metrology institute of Slovenia, operates also as a notify body in the field of electricity meters with equipment applicable both for laboratory testing (e.g., climatic chambers and AC power supply) and on-site testing and inspection. MIRS is actively involved in standardisation work dealing with ECVS metrological evaluation like OIML, WELMEC and the EURAMET TC-EM project 1539 LegalEVcharge. MIRS has good contacts with operators of charging stations across the country. This will facilitate the involvement of MIRS in WP2.
RISE the national metrology institute of Sweden, has been testing and certifying electricity meters for over 40 years and has been providing traceability on power quality for over 25 years. RISE is a notified body for MID. The contribution will be focused on WP1. RISE will also lead the Impact WP.
TUBITAK the Turkish NMI, maintains and develops national standards for electrical power, DC and AC voltage, DC and AC current, DC and AC high voltage and high current, and power quality. TUBITAK has an extensive track record in power-related measurements and R&D, and great experience in performing on-site calibration services. TUBITAK participated in more than ten EMRP/EMPIR JRPs in the field of EMC, high voltage and power. In the WP3 of this project, TUBITAK will develop a portable setup for calibration of DC type EVCSs and will perform on-site measurement campaigns in three selected regions during different seasons to investigate effects of environment and ageing.
VTT is the national metrology institute of Finland. They have experience and laboratory equipment to produce current and voltage signals with high magnitudes and fast rising and falling edges. In this project they will use their expertise in characterising DC and dynamic performance of voltage and current transducers. VTT are also experienced with developing wideband DC voltage dividers. VTT will contribute to WP3.
CIRCE since established in 1993 as an independent research centre, CIRCE has conducted more than 2.500 R&D&I projects at national and international level. Within the project, CIRCE will contribute to performing on-site measurement campaigns for DC chargers as well as measurements in Universidad of Zaragoza’s climatic chamber and EV emulator. CIRCE will contribute to WP1 and WP3.
Elaad is a knowledge and innovation centre which researches and tests smart and sustainable charging of electric vehicles. Elaad is an initiative of the joint Dutch Grid Operators. Due to their mutual involvement in Elaad, the network operators are preparing for a future with electric driving and sustainable charging. Elaad investigates the expected growth of various forms of electric transport, the associated charging infrastructure and how to integrate this smartly into the power grid. For this they have built a test lab where tests can be performed on electric vehicles and DC chargers of up to 360 kW of power. Elaad will contribute to the project by using these facilities to perform tests on the correct energy measurements on the AC side of charging stations. Elaad will support work in all three technical WPs.
EMC-BCN is a technology-based SME funded in 2020. Its team has expertise in time-domain and statistical signal processing techniques applied to in situ electromagnetic interference measurements. The company proprietary technology for agile multidomain EMI assessments can be effectively extended to cover impedance and supraharmonic emissions during the EVCS measurement campaigns (WP1). EMC-BCN has access to a fully equipped EMC laboratory for testing and measuring electronic equipment. EMC-BCN performs consultancy and knowledge transfer activities with industry and stakeholders, and they are an active member in standardisation committees like CISPR\CIS\B WG 1 and WG 7 and IEC TC 82. EMC-BCN will contribute to WP1.
INM is the national metrology institute of the Republic of Moldova. INM is involved in establishing legal requirements, law modification and development of capabilities for metrology related to EVCSs. At the moment, INM is in the process of merging with a separate laboratory that is currently appointed for legal control of EVCS metering accuracy. In case the merger takes place, these measurements become the NMI’s task. INM is involved in WP2 and will establish improved standards for the calibration of AC EVCS test benches.
INTI is the national metrology institute of Argentina and has experience in developing mixed electronics and in sampling electrical quantities. INTI maintains the traceability chain from the quantum electrical standards up to high voltage and current. In the frame of this project, INTI will develop a calibration system to provide traceability to the DC energy provided by the EVCSs. INTI counts on the required instrumentation and traceability to face the proposed task. INTI participated as external funded partner in the EMPIR JRPs 15SIB04 QuADC and 19RPT01 QuantumPower. INTI will contribute to WP2 and WP3.
ITE (Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía) is a technological centre, and it is a notified body of active electricity meters (Annex MI-003, of the Directive 2004/22/CE), metrological control body of electricity meters regulated by Order ITC/3022/2007 and it is accredited by the official national entity (ENAC) for doing the State Metrological Control ENAC nº OC-P/214. In this project, ITE will provide the expertise related to electrical measurement and effects of grid distortion to meters in AC and DC EVCSs. ITE’s facilities will be used to consider this effect by employing a laboratory with controlled conditions, which emulates a controlled electrical environment with a specific distribution power transformer (Smart Grids laboratory). ITE will contribute to all technical WPs.
SUN (University of Campania) has experience in e.g., the design and characterisation of measuring systems for AC and DC electrical power systems, PQ phenomena identification and analysis, and power and energy measurements. SUN will work on implementing a vehicle or battery emulation system to be adopted as a load for EVCSs (including the communication protocol). The research aims to realise a field calibration solution able to leverage V2G bidirectionality to implement an innovative low-cost calibration procedure. For this reason, it will be completely different from commercially available emulators. This system will be adopted to test EVCSs at different charging power levels (low, medium, high) considering the state of charge of the EV battery and the state of health. In particular, it will be possible to integrate it into an automatic test bench to measure energy conversion efficiency and/or for the metrological verification of the metering part of the EVCS under test. SUN will be involved in WP2 for AC emulators and field tests, and in WP3 for DC.
UNIGE (University of Genoa) has long-time experience of research in electrical networks and power quality, supraharmonic emissions and RF conducted emissions of power systems and power converters, in particular related to grids of limited short-circuit power (microgrids, electrified railways and all-electric ships). UNIGE has participated in a large number of national and EU funded projects, studying topics such as power quality, power systems operation, electrical metrology, considering both modelling and experimental validation. UNIGE has, in particular, the measuring capabilities to lead WP1 activities. UNIGE will participate in all three technical WPs.
UPV/EHU (University of the Basque Country) has expertise in the empirical characterisation of the electric grid in the range 9-150 kHz; in particular, in developing ad-hoc measurement setups for grid impedance and disturbances, and novel methods for statistical analysis in both time and frequency domains. This knowledge will be useful for the trials and the research of novel methods in WP1 to characterise the disturbances and impedance effects caused by EVCSs. Current research activities are carried out in collaboration with Spanish utilities and companies in the electric sector and via participation in several WGs for standardisation. UPV/EHU will support work in all three technical WPs.
UTwente (University of Twente) has extensive experience in power electronics research, on-site measurements of grid distortions and electromagnetic emissions, and in determination of the efficiency of power converters such as used in EV charging stations. The knowledge and extensive laboratory infrastructure for measurements on power electronics, including the on-site measurement equipment developed in the EMPIR JRP 17NRM02 MeterEMI, will be used in this project to measure and evaluate on-site emissions in WP1. UTwente will support work in all three technical WPs.
STRATH (University of Strathclyde) has significant expertise in AC and DC systems and measurement algorithms developed through participation in several EMRP/EMPIR projects. STRATH hosts the Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC), the UK’s leading power distribution network research centre. STRATH will participate in this project by offering emulating capabilities for EV charging scenarios and grids to minimise risk of scenarios that cannot be met by other measurement campaigns. STRATH will also contribute to the analysis of measurement results. They will support work in WP1. STRATH is associated to all funded beneficiaries.
