TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing Power Distribution System Flexibility Using Electric Vehicle Charging Management
AU - Rajaei, Ali
AU - Jooshaki, Mohammad
AU - Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Mahmud
AU - Moeini-Aghtaie, Moein
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - In this paper, a two-stage charging management framework is proposed to exploit the potential flexibility of Electric Vehicles (EVs). The aim is to reduce drastic variations in distribution system net load caused by integration of intermittent renewable distributed generation (DG) units. In the first stage, a home-based charging method is formulated in which the desired charging schedule of EVs is obtained by minimizing the cost of energy taking into account owners' preferences. The attained charging schedules are then announced to EVs Coordinator Agent (ECA) which, as the second stage, applies an LP optimization to reduce the cost of ramp provision. Moreover, an incentive scheme is considered to motivate EV owners to participate in the controlled charging program which allows the ECA to modify their desired schedules in exchange for financial bonuses. The simulation results show that the proposed framework can efficiently reduce the system net load ramp and associated costs without disturbing individual convenience.
AB - In this paper, a two-stage charging management framework is proposed to exploit the potential flexibility of Electric Vehicles (EVs). The aim is to reduce drastic variations in distribution system net load caused by integration of intermittent renewable distributed generation (DG) units. In the first stage, a home-based charging method is formulated in which the desired charging schedule of EVs is obtained by minimizing the cost of energy taking into account owners' preferences. The attained charging schedules are then announced to EVs Coordinator Agent (ECA) which, as the second stage, applies an LP optimization to reduce the cost of ramp provision. Moreover, an incentive scheme is considered to motivate EV owners to participate in the controlled charging program which allows the ECA to modify their desired schedules in exchange for financial bonuses. The simulation results show that the proposed framework can efficiently reduce the system net load ramp and associated costs without disturbing individual convenience.
KW - Charging management
KW - electric vehicles
KW - flexibility
KW - power distribution system
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071002152&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IranianCEE.2019.8786555
DO - 10.1109/IranianCEE.2019.8786555
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85071002152
T3 - ICEE 2019 - 27th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering
SP - 782
EP - 786
BT - ICEE 2019 - 27th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
T2 - 27th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, ICEE 2019
Y2 - 30 April 2019 through 2 May 2019
ER -