Strategic Placement of Charging Stations for Enhanced Electric Vehicle Adoption in San Diego, California

California mandated that 100% of vehicles sold must be electric by 2035. As electric vehicles (EVs) reach a higher penetration of the car sector, cities will need to provide publicly accessible charging stations to meet the charging demand of people who do not have access to a private charging spot like a personal garage. We have chosen to limit our scope to San Diego County due to its non-trivial size, well-defined shape, and dependence on personal vehicles;this project models 100% of current vehicles as electric, roughly 2.5 million. By planning for the future, our model becomes more useful as well as more equitable. We anticipate that our model will find locations that can service multiple population centers, while also maximizing distance to other stations. Sensitivity analysis and testing of our algorithms are conducted for Coronado Island, an island with 24,697 residents. Our formulation is then scaled to set the parameters for the whole county.

Considerations for Planning Charging Stations on College Campuses:A Focus on Safety and Economy

As intelligent networked cars become increasingly integrated into people’s lives,the charging infrastructure of new energy vehicles is becoming a significant factor in the development of the new energy vehicle market.In light of the rapid growth of this market,the problem of charging stations is gradually becoming apparent.This paper puts forward a charging station planning idea.Firstly,a forecast of the charging demand must be made.Subsequently,the economic viability,safety,ease of use for faculty and staff,and the rapid development of new automotive technology must be taken into account.Finally,research and analysis of the actual data must be carried out following the requirements of the different college campuses.

Energy-storage configuration for EV fast charging stations considering characteristics of charging load and wind-power fluctuation

Fast charging stations play an important role in the use of electric vehicles(EV)and significantly affect the distribution network owing to the fluctuation of their power.For exploiting the rapid adjustment feature of the energy-storage system(ESS),a configuration method of the ESS for EV fast charging stations is proposed in this paper,which considers the fluctuation of the wind power as well as the characteristics of the charging load.The configuration of the ESS can not only mitigate the effects of fast charging stations on the connected distribution network but also improve its economic efficiency.First,the scenario method is adopted to model the wind power in the distribution network,and according to the characteristics of the EV and the driving probability,the charging demand of each station is calculated.Then,considering factors such as the investment cost,maintenance cost,discharging benefit,and wind curtailment cost,the ESS configuration model of the distribution network is set up,which takes the optimal total costs of the ESS for EV fast charging stations within its lifecycle as an objective.Finally,General Algebraic Modelling System(GAMS)is used to linearize and solve the proposed model.A simulation on an improved IEEE-69 bus system verifies the feasibility and economic efficiency of the proposed model.

Analysis of positioning of wayside charging stations for hybrid locomotive consists in heavy haul train operations

Hybrid locomotive concepts have been considered as a step towards converting the railway industry into a green transport mode.One of the challenges in integrating a hybrid locomotive in the train consist is that the battery pack in the locomotive needs to be recharged during a long-haul trip which requires stopping of the train.A typical battery pack requires about 1 h to recharge which is unacceptable.With the improvement in the charging system,it is now possible that the same capacity battery pack could be recharged in 10–12 min which can be a competitive option for the railway companies.This paper proposes a method based on simulation to evaluate the positioning of charging stations on a train network.A typical example of a heavy haul train operation hauled by diesel-electric and hybrid locomotives is used to demonstrate the method by using simulation softwares.The result of the simulation study show that the method developed in this paper can be used to evaluate the state of charge(SoC)status of a hybrid locomotive along the track.It is also shown that the SoC status obtained by the simulation method can be further used to assess the positions of charging stations along the track at the design stage.

Joint Planning of Active Distribution Network and EV Charging Stations Considering Vehicle-to-Grid Functionality and Reactive Power Support

This paper proposes a collaborative planning model for active distribution network(ADN)and electric vehicle(EV)charging stations that fully considers vehicle-to-grid(V2G)function and reactive power support of EVs in different regions.This paper employs a sequential decomposition method based on physical characteristics of the problem,breaking down the holistic problem into two sub-problems for solution.Subproblem I optimizes the charging and discharging behavior of autopilot electric vehicles(AEVs)using a mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)model.Subproblem II uses a mixed-integer secondorder cone programming(MISOCP)model to plan ADN and retrofit or construct V2G charging stations(V2GCS),as well as multiple distributed generation resources(DGRs).The paper also analyzes the impact of bi-directional active-reactive power interaction of V2GCS on ADN planning.The presented model is tested in the 47-node ADN in Longgang District,Shenzhen,China,and the IEEE 33-node ADN,demonstrating that decomposition can significantly improve the speed of solving large-scale problems while maintaining accuracy with low AEV penetration.

Optimal allocation of plug-in electric vehicle charging stations in the distribution network with distributed generation

The transportation sector is characterized by high emissions of greenhouse gases(GHG)into the atmosphere.Consequently,electric vehicles(EVs)have been proposed as a revolutionary solution to mitigate GHG emissions and the dependence on petroleum products,which are fast depleting.EVs are proliferating in many countries worldwide and the fast adoption of this technology is significantly dependent on the expansion of charging stations.This study proposes the use of the hybrid genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization(GA-PSO)for the optimal allocation of plug-in EV charging stations(PEVCS)into the distribution network with distributed generation(DG)in high volumes and at selected buses.Photovoltaic(PV)systems with a power factor of 0.95 are used as DGs.The PVs are penetrated into the distribution network at 60%and six penetration cases are considered for the optimal placement of the PEVCSs.The optimization problem is formulated as a multi-objective problem minimizing the active and reactive power losses as well as the voltage deviation index.The IEEE 33 and 69 bus distribution networks are used as test networks.The simulation was performed using MATLAB and the results obtained validate the effectiveness of the hybrid GA-PSO.For example,the integration of PEVCSs results in the minimum bus voltage still within accepted margins.For the IEEE 69 bus network,the resulting minimum voltage is 0.973 p.u in case 1,0.982 p.u in case 2,0.96 p.u in case 3,0.961 p.u in case 4,0.954 p.u in case 5,and 0.965 p.u in case 6.EVs are a sustainable means of significantly mitigating emissions from the transportation sector and their utilization is essential as the worldwide concern of climate change and a carbon-free society intensifies.

EV Charging Station Load Prediction in Coupled Urban Transportation and Distribution Networks

The increasingly large number of electric vehicles(EVs)has resulted in a growing concern for EV charging station load prediction for the purpose of comprehensively evaluating the influence of the charging load on distribution networks.To address this issue,an EV charging station load predictionmethod is proposed in coupled urban transportation and distribution networks.Firstly,a finer dynamic urban transportation network model is formulated considering both nodal and path resistance.Then,a finer EV power consumption model is proposed by considering the influence of traffic congestion and ambient temperature.Thirdly,the Monte Carlo method is applied to predict the distribution of EVcharging station load based on the proposed dynamic urban transportation network model and finer EV power consumption model.Moreover,a dynamic charging pricing scheme for EVs is devised based on the EV charging station load requirements and the maximum thresholds to ensure the security operation of distribution networks.Finally,the validity of the proposed dynamic urban transportation model was verified by accurately estimating five sets of test data on travel time by contrast with the BPR model.The five groups of travel time prediction results showed that the average absolute percentage errors could be improved from 32.87%to 37.21%compared to the BPR model.Additionally,the effectiveness of the proposed EV charging station load prediction method was demonstrated by four case studies in which the prediction of EV charging load was improved from27.2 to 31.49MWh by considering the influence of ambient temperature and speed on power energy consumption.

Coordinated Planning for Fast Charging Stations and Distribution Networks Based on an Improved Flow Capture Location Model

The increasing penetration of plug-in electric vehi-cles(PEVs)should lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.Nevertheless,the development of PEVs is limited by the lack of charging facilities,which is constrained by the coupled transportation-distribution network.This paper presents a stochastic bi-level model for the optimal allocation of fast charging stations(FCSs)and distribution network expansion planning(DNEP).First,a sequential capacitated flow-capturing location-allocation model(SCFCLM)is proposed at the lower level to optimize the allocation of FCSs on the transportation network.Monte-Carlo simulation(MCS)is utilized to estimate daily charging load requirements.Then,we propose an economic model for DNEP at the upper level,and the chance constrained method is employed to relax power flow constraints to address the uncertainties of loads.Numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the proposed planning method.The influences of the flow capturing sequence and relaxed confidence level on the PEV charging load,FCS planning strategies and DNEP schemes are analyzed.Index Terms-Coordinated planning,fast charging station,flow-capturing model,plug-in electric vehicle,stochastic bi-level model.

Access Control Method for EV Charging Stations Based on State Aggregation and Q-Learning

This paper presents intelligent access control for a charging station and a framework for dynamically and adaptively managing charging requests from randomly arriving electric vehicles(EVs),to increase the revenue of the station.First,charging service requests from random EV arrivals are described as an event-driven sequential decision process,and the decision-making relies on an eventextended state that is composed of the real-time electricity price,real-time charging station state,and EV arrival event.Second,a state aggregation method is introduced to reduce the state space by first aggregating the charging station state in the form of the remaining charging time and then further aggregating it via sort coding.Besides,mathematical calculations of the code value are provided,and their uniqueness and continuous integer characteristics are proved.Then,a corresponding Q-learning method is proposed to derive an optimal or suboptimal access control policy.The results of a case study demonstrate that the proposed learning optimisation method based on the event-extended state aggregation performs better than flat Q-learning.The space complexity and time complexity are significantly reduced,which substantially improves the learning efficiency and optimisation performance.

Planning and Real-time Pricing of EV Charging Stations Considering Social Welfare and Profitability Balance

This paper presents a planning and real-time pricing approach for EV charging stations(CSs).The approach takes the form of a bi-level model to fully consider the interest of both the government and EV charging station operators in the planning process.From the perspective of maximizing social welfare,the government acts as the decision-maker of the upper level that optimizes the charging price matrix,and uses it as a transfer variable to indirectly influence the decisions of the lower level operators.Then each operator at the lower level determines their scale according to the goal of maximizing their own revenue,and feeds the scale matrix back to the upper level.A Logit model is applied to predict the drivers’preference when selecting a CS.Furthermore,an improved particle swarm optimization(PSO)with the utilization of a penalty function is introduced to solve the nonlinear nonconvex bi-level model.The paper applies the proposed Bi-level planning model to a singlecenter small/medium-sized city with three scenarios to evaluate its performance,including the equipment utilization rate,payback period,traffic attraction ability,etc.The result verifies that the model performs very well in typical CS distribution scenarios with a reasonable station payback period(average 6.5 years),and relatively high equipment utilization rate,44.32%.

Study on site selection planning of urban electric vehicle charging station

The large-scale development of electric vehicles(EVs)requires numerous charging stations to serve them,and the charging stations should be reasonably laid out and planned according to the charging demand of electric vehicles.Considering the costs of both operators and users,a site selection model for optimal layout planning of charging stations is constructed,and a queuing theory approach is used to determine the charging pile configuration to meet the charging demand in the planning area.To solve the difficulties of particle swarm global optimization search,the improved random drift particle swarm optimization(IRDPSO)and Voronoi diagram are used to jointly solve for the optimal layout of electric vehicles.The final arithmetic analysis verifies the feasibility and practicality of the model and algorithm,and the results show that the total social cost is minimized when the charging station is 9,the location of the charging station is close to the center of gravity and the layout is reasonable.

Analysis of Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Usage in Proximity to Charging Infrastructure in Indiana

This paper explores the movement of connected vehicles in Indiana for vehicles classified by the NHTSA Product Information Catalog Vehicle listing as being either electric (EV) or hybrid electric (HV). Analysis of trajectories from July 12-18, 2021 for the state of Indiana observed nearly 33,300 trips and 267,000 vehicle miles travelled (VMT) for the combination of EV and HV. Approximately 53% of the VMT occurred in just 10 counties. For just EVs, there were 9814 unique trips and 64,700 Electric Vehicle Miles Traveled (EVMTs) in total. A further categorization of this revealed that 18% of these EVMTs were on Interstate roadways and 82% on non-interstate roads. Proximity analysis of existing DC Fast charging stations in relation to interstate roadways revealed multiple charging deserts that would be most benefited by additional charging capacity. Eleven roadway sections among the 9 interstates were found to have a gap in available DC fast chargers of 50 miles or more. Although the connected vehicle data set analyzed did not include all EV’s the methodology presented in this paper provides a technique that can be scaled as additional EV connected vehicle data becomes available to agencies. Furthermore, it emphasizes the need for transportation agencies and automotive vendors to strengthen their data sharing partnerships to help accelerate the adoption of EV and reduce consumer range anxiety with EV. Graphics are included that illustrate examples of counties that are both overserved and underserved by charging infrastructure.

The Bi-directional Three-Phase PWM Rectifier Inverter for Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Applications of electric vehicles need to build a large number of charging stations. The electric vehicle charging stations communicate with the grid. In V2G （vehicle to grid） mode, electric vehicles can be used as energy storage units and transfer power to the grid. The electric vehicles charge at night to reduce the cost and the grid load, simultaneously to fill the valley. When grid load increases, electric vehicles＇ batteries discharge to the grid to improve the stability of the grid. As distributed storage units, electric vehicles are important components of the smart grid. In this paper, the three-phase PWM （pulse width modulation） rectifier used for smart charging and discharging system of electric vehicles are analyzed and designed. This paper includes the principle of PWM rectifier-inverter and direct current control strategy. Also, the SVPWM （space vector pulse width modulation） and system design of three-phase PWM rectifiers are analyzed. A 10 kW prototype is developed. Simulation and experiment results show that the three-phase PWM rectifiers reach the unit power factor. From the experimental results, PWM rectifier implements the sinusoidal grid current and achieves the unit power factor.

Location and Capacity Determination Method of Electric Vehicle Charging Station Based on Simulated Annealing Immune Particle Swarm Optimization

As the number of electric vehicles(EVs)continues to grow and the demand for charging infrastructure is also increasing,how to improve the charging infrastructure has become a bottleneck restricting the development of EVs.In other words,reasonably planning the location and capacity of charging stations is important for development of the EV industry and the safe and stable operation of the power system.Considering the construction and maintenance of the charging station,the distribution network loss of the charging station,and the economic loss on the user side of the EV,this paper takes the node and capacity of charging station planning as control variables and the minimum cost of system comprehensive planning as objective function,and thus proposes a location and capacity planning model for the EV charging station.Based on the problems of low efficiency and insufficient global optimization ability of the current algorithm,the simulated annealing immune particle swarm optimization algorithm(SA-IPSO)is adopted in this paper.The simulated annealing algorithm is used in the global update of the particle swarm optimization(PSO),and the immune mechanism is introduced to participate in the iterative update of the particles,so as to improve the speed and efficiency of PSO.Voronoi diagram is used to divide service area of the charging station,and a joint solution process of Voronoi diagram and SA-IPSO is proposed.By example analysis,the results show that the optimal solution corresponding to the optimisation method proposed in this paper has a low overall cost,while the average charging waiting time is only 1.8 min and the charging pile utilisation rate is 75.5%.The simulation comparison verifies that the improved algorithm improves the operational efficiency by 18.1%and basically does not fall into local convergence.

Optimal Simultaneous Allocation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Capacitors in Radial Distribution Network Considering Reliability

The popularity of electric vehicles(EVs)has sparked a greater awareness of carbon emissions and climate impact.Urban mobility expansion and EV adoption have led to an increased infrastructure for electric vehicle charging stations(EVCSs),impacting radial distribution networks(RDNs).To reduce the impact of voltage drop,the increased power loss(PL),lower system interruption costs,and proper allocation and positioning of the EVCSs and capacitors are necessary.This paper focuses on the allocation of EVCS and capacitor installations in RDN by maximizing net present value(NPV),considering the reduction in energy losses and interruption costs.As a part of the analysis considering reliability,several compensation coefficients are used to evaluate failure rates and pinpoint those that will improve NPV.To locate the best nodes for EVCSs and capacitors,the hybrid of grey wolf optimization(GWO)and particle swarm optimization(PSO)(HGWO_PSO)and the hybrid of PSO and Cuckoo search(CS)(HPSO_CS)algorithms are proposed,forming a combination of GWO,PSO,and CS optimizations.The impact of EVCSs on NPV is also investigated in this paper.The effectiveness of the proposed optimization algorithms is validated on an IEEE 33-bus RDN.

First large charging station with typical design put into operation

On March 31, in accordance with the typical design requirements of the State Grid, the f irst large electric vehicle (EV) charging station, built by the North China Grid,

Modeling and Experimental Verification of Electric Vehicles Off-Grid Photovoltaic Powered Charging Station

With the increasing development of EVs, the energy demand from theconventional utility grid increases in proportion. On the other hand, photovoltaic(PV) energy sources can overcome several problems when charging EVs from theutility grid especially in remote areas. This paper presents an effective photovoltaic stand-alone charging station for EV applications. The proposed charging station incorporates PV array, a lithium-ion battery representing the EV battery, and alead-acid battery representing the energy storage system (ESS). A bidirectionalDC-DC converter is employed for charging/discharging the ESS and a unidirectional DC-DC converter is utilized for charging the EV battery. The proposed controllers achieve maximum power extraction from the PV and regulate the DC-linkvoltage. It also controls the voltage and current levels of both the ESS and the EVduring the charging/discharging process. The study has been applied to two caseswith different power levels. Analysis, simulation, and implementation of the proposed system are presented. A 120 W laboratory prototype is carried out to verifythe system performance, experimentally. Design guides for higher power levelsare proposed to help in choosing the proper parameters of the converters. Boththe simulation and experimental results are matched and verify the highperformance of the proposed system.

Operational program for proper capacity of electric bus charging station in Expo 2010

In the paper,an operational program of electric bus charging station is proposed,which is special for "The Construction Project for Expo 2010 Temporary Electric Bus Charging Station".Based on the quick-change mode,a vehicle operating schedule model has been established to meet the capacity of transport.Then,according to the quantity of passengers and utilization of batteries,a calculative method of parameters,such as the number of spare batteries and bus departure rules,has been provided.Furthermore,optimal simulation software designed for operating process of the charging station has been identified incorporating actual running data from electric buses and monitoring system of the charging station,and the rationality of the design is verified in the preliminary commissioning and the official operation.

Development of Electric Vehicle Charging Corridor for South Carolina

We apply a flow-based location model,called Multipath Refueling Location Model(MPRLM),to develop an electric vehicle(BV)public charging infrastructure network for enabling long-haul inter-city EY trips.The model considers multiple deviation paths between every origin-destination(O-D)pairs and relaxes the commonly adopted assumption that travelers only take a shortest path between O-D pairs.This model is a mixed-integer linear program,which is intrinsically difficult to solve.With greedy-adding based heuristics,the MPRLM is applied to optimally deploy EV fast charging stations along major highway corridors in South Carolina.Compared to engineering methods,the optimization model reduces the capital cost of establishing a fast charging network by two thirds.We also explore the interplay between the spatial distributions of cities,vehicle range,and routing deviation tolerance as well as their impacts on the locational strategies.

Optimal urban EV charging station site selection and capacity determination considering comprehensive benefits of vehicle-station-grid

This paper presents an optimization model for the location and capacity of electric vehicle(EV)charging stations.The model takes the multiple factors of the“vehicle-station-grid”system into account.Then,ArcScene is used to couple the road and power grid models and ensure that the coupling system is strictly under the goal of minimizing the total social cost,which includes the operator cost,user charging cost,and power grid loss.An immune particle swarm optimization algorithm(IPSOA)is proposed in this paper to obtain the optimal coupling strategy.The simulation results show that the algorithm has good convergence and performs well in solving multi-modal problems.It also balances the interests of users,operators,and the power grid.Compared with other schemes,the grid loss cost is reduced by 11.1%and 17.8%,and the total social cost decreases by 9.96%and 3.22%.