An operation strategy of the electric vehicle (EV) battery charging and swapping station is proposed in the paper. The strategy is established based on comprehensively consideration of the EV charging behaviors and ...An operation strategy of the electric vehicle (EV) battery charging and swapping station is proposed in the paper. The strategy is established based on comprehensively consideration of the EV charging behaviors and the possible mutual actions between battery charging and swapping. Three energy management strategies can be used in the station: charging period shifting, energy exchange between EVs, and energy supporting from surplus swapping batteries. Then an optimization model which minimizes the total energy management costs of the station is built. The Monte Carlo simulation is applied to analyze the characteristics of the EV battery charging load, and a heuristic algorithm is used to solve the strategy providing the relevant information of EVs and the battery charging and swapping station. The operation strategy can efficiently reduce battery charging during the high electricity price periods and make more reasonable use of the resources. Simulations prove the feasibility and rationality of the strategy.展开更多
As a good measure to tackle the challenges from energy shortages and environmental pollution,Electric Vehicles(EVs)have entered a period of rapid growth.Battery swapping station is a very important way of energy suppl...As a good measure to tackle the challenges from energy shortages and environmental pollution,Electric Vehicles(EVs)have entered a period of rapid growth.Battery swapping station is a very important way of energy supply to EVs,and it is urgently needed to explore a coordinated control strategy to effectively smooth the load fluctuation in order to adopt the large-scale EVs.Considering bidirectional power flow between the station and power grid,this paper proposed a SFLA-based control strategy to smooth the load profile.Finally,compared simulations were performed according to the related data.Compared to particle swarm optimization(PSO)method,the presented SFLA-based strategy can effectively lower the peak-valley difference with the faster convergence rate and higher convergence precision.It is important for the swapping station that energy exchanging mode can supply energy for large-scale EVs with a smoother load profile than one-way charging mode.展开更多
Traditional material handling vehicles often use internal combustion engines as their power source, which results in exhaust emissions that pollute the environment. In contrast, automated material handling vehicles ha...Traditional material handling vehicles often use internal combustion engines as their power source, which results in exhaust emissions that pollute the environment. In contrast, automated material handling vehicles have the advantages of zero emissions, low noise, and low vibration, thus avoiding exhaust pollution and providing a more comfortable working environment for operators. In order to achieve the goals of “peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060”, the use of environmentally friendly autonomous material handling vehicles for material transportation is an inevitable trend. To maximize the amount of transported materials, consider peak-to-valley electricity pricing, battery pack procurement, and the construction of charging and swapping stations while achieving “minimum daily transportation volume” and “lowest investment and operational cost over a 3-year settlement period” with the shortest overall travel distance for all material handling vehicles, this paper examines two different scenarios and establishes goal programming models. The appropriate locations for material handling vehicle swapping stations and vehicle battery pack scheduling schemes are then developed using the NSGA-II algorithm and ant colony optimization algorithm. The results show that, while ensuring a daily transportation volume of no less than 300 vehicles, the lowest investment and operational cost over a 3-year settlement period is approximately 24.1 million Yuan. The material handling vehicles follow the shortest path of 119.2653 km passing through the designated retrieval points and have two shortest routes. Furthermore, the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed models are analyzed, followed by an evaluation, deepening, and potential extension of the models. Finally, future research directions in this field are suggested.展开更多
换电服务价格高是电动汽车换电模式普及率低的重要因素之一,为了提高换电模式使用程度,充分发挥换电模式参与系统调度时所发挥的削峰填谷作用,该文提出一种考虑用户参与度的换电服务定价策略及动态调控方法。首先,建立计及时间成本的充...换电服务价格高是电动汽车换电模式普及率低的重要因素之一,为了提高换电模式使用程度,充分发挥换电模式参与系统调度时所发挥的削峰填谷作用,该文提出一种考虑用户参与度的换电服务定价策略及动态调控方法。首先,建立计及时间成本的充电服务与换电服务总费用差价模型,并依据消费者心理学原理构建服务差价-用户参与度曲线;其次,制定换电服务定价策略,并提出相应的动态调控方法;最后,建立含充换电站(battery charging and swapping station,BCSS)的微电网联合系统双层优化模型。上层根据换电服务定价策略及动态调控方法,制定出用户参与度高的换电服务电价;下层根据用户响应换电服务电价后的负荷量,以微电网联合系统总运行成本最低为目标调度机组出力,并以用户满意度作为衡量换电服务电价的指标,合理调整下一时段换电服务电价。通过算例分析,所提方法在实现系统负荷削峰的同时,降低微电网联合系统总运行成本,体现了所提定价策略及动态调控方法的有效性。展开更多
Nanogrids are expected to play a significant role in managing the ever-increasing distributed renewable energy sources. If an off-grid nanogrid can supply fullycharged batteries to a battery swapping station(BSS)servi...Nanogrids are expected to play a significant role in managing the ever-increasing distributed renewable energy sources. If an off-grid nanogrid can supply fullycharged batteries to a battery swapping station(BSS)serving regional electric vehicles(EVs), it will help establish a structure for implementing renewable-energyto-vehicle systems. A capacity planning problem is formulated to determine the optimal sizing of photovoltaic(PV) generation and battery-based energy storage system(BESS) in such a nanogrid. The problem is formulated based on the mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)and then solved by a robust optimization approach. Flexible uncertainty sets are employed to adjust the conservativeness of the robust optimization, and Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to compare the performance of the solutions. Case studies demonstrate the merits of the proposed applications and verify the approach.展开更多
Integration of electric vehicles(EVs),demand response and renewable energy will bring multiple opportunities for low carbon power system.A promising integration will be EV battery swapping station(BSS)bundled with PV(...Integration of electric vehicles(EVs),demand response and renewable energy will bring multiple opportunities for low carbon power system.A promising integration will be EV battery swapping station(BSS)bundled with PV(photovoltaic)power.Optimizing the configuration and operation of BSS is the key problem to maximize benefit of this integration.The main objective of this paper is to solve infrastructure configuration of BSS.The principle challenge of such an objective is to enhance the swapping ability and save corresponding investment and operation cost under uncertainties of PV generation and swapping demand.Consequently this paper mainly concentrates on combining operation optimization with optimal investment strategies for BSS considering multiscenarios PV power generation and swapping demand.A stochastic programming model is developed by using state flow method to express different states of batteries and its objective is to maximize the station’s net profit.The model is formulated as a mixed-integer linear program to guarantee the efficiency and stability of the optimization.Case studies validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and demonstrate that ignoring the uncertainties of PV generation and swapping demand may lead to an inappropriate batteries,chargers and swapping robots configuration for BSS.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.51007047
文摘An operation strategy of the electric vehicle (EV) battery charging and swapping station is proposed in the paper. The strategy is established based on comprehensively consideration of the EV charging behaviors and the possible mutual actions between battery charging and swapping. Three energy management strategies can be used in the station: charging period shifting, energy exchange between EVs, and energy supporting from surplus swapping batteries. Then an optimization model which minimizes the total energy management costs of the station is built. The Monte Carlo simulation is applied to analyze the characteristics of the EV battery charging load, and a heuristic algorithm is used to solve the strategy providing the relevant information of EVs and the battery charging and swapping station. The operation strategy can efficiently reduce battery charging during the high electricity price periods and make more reasonable use of the resources. Simulations prove the feasibility and rationality of the strategy.
文摘As a good measure to tackle the challenges from energy shortages and environmental pollution,Electric Vehicles(EVs)have entered a period of rapid growth.Battery swapping station is a very important way of energy supply to EVs,and it is urgently needed to explore a coordinated control strategy to effectively smooth the load fluctuation in order to adopt the large-scale EVs.Considering bidirectional power flow between the station and power grid,this paper proposed a SFLA-based control strategy to smooth the load profile.Finally,compared simulations were performed according to the related data.Compared to particle swarm optimization(PSO)method,the presented SFLA-based strategy can effectively lower the peak-valley difference with the faster convergence rate and higher convergence precision.It is important for the swapping station that energy exchanging mode can supply energy for large-scale EVs with a smoother load profile than one-way charging mode.
文摘Traditional material handling vehicles often use internal combustion engines as their power source, which results in exhaust emissions that pollute the environment. In contrast, automated material handling vehicles have the advantages of zero emissions, low noise, and low vibration, thus avoiding exhaust pollution and providing a more comfortable working environment for operators. In order to achieve the goals of “peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060”, the use of environmentally friendly autonomous material handling vehicles for material transportation is an inevitable trend. To maximize the amount of transported materials, consider peak-to-valley electricity pricing, battery pack procurement, and the construction of charging and swapping stations while achieving “minimum daily transportation volume” and “lowest investment and operational cost over a 3-year settlement period” with the shortest overall travel distance for all material handling vehicles, this paper examines two different scenarios and establishes goal programming models. The appropriate locations for material handling vehicle swapping stations and vehicle battery pack scheduling schemes are then developed using the NSGA-II algorithm and ant colony optimization algorithm. The results show that, while ensuring a daily transportation volume of no less than 300 vehicles, the lowest investment and operational cost over a 3-year settlement period is approximately 24.1 million Yuan. The material handling vehicles follow the shortest path of 119.2653 km passing through the designated retrieval points and have two shortest routes. Furthermore, the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed models are analyzed, followed by an evaluation, deepening, and potential extension of the models. Finally, future research directions in this field are suggested.
文摘换电服务价格高是电动汽车换电模式普及率低的重要因素之一,为了提高换电模式使用程度,充分发挥换电模式参与系统调度时所发挥的削峰填谷作用,该文提出一种考虑用户参与度的换电服务定价策略及动态调控方法。首先,建立计及时间成本的充电服务与换电服务总费用差价模型,并依据消费者心理学原理构建服务差价-用户参与度曲线;其次,制定换电服务定价策略,并提出相应的动态调控方法;最后,建立含充换电站(battery charging and swapping station,BCSS)的微电网联合系统双层优化模型。上层根据换电服务定价策略及动态调控方法,制定出用户参与度高的换电服务电价;下层根据用户响应换电服务电价后的负荷量,以微电网联合系统总运行成本最低为目标调度机组出力,并以用户满意度作为衡量换电服务电价的指标,合理调整下一时段换电服务电价。通过算例分析,所提方法在实现系统负荷削峰的同时,降低微电网联合系统总运行成本,体现了所提定价策略及动态调控方法的有效性。
基金jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51377035)the China-UK NSFC/EPSRC EV project (No. 51361130153)
文摘Nanogrids are expected to play a significant role in managing the ever-increasing distributed renewable energy sources. If an off-grid nanogrid can supply fullycharged batteries to a battery swapping station(BSS)serving regional electric vehicles(EVs), it will help establish a structure for implementing renewable-energyto-vehicle systems. A capacity planning problem is formulated to determine the optimal sizing of photovoltaic(PV) generation and battery-based energy storage system(BESS) in such a nanogrid. The problem is formulated based on the mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)and then solved by a robust optimization approach. Flexible uncertainty sets are employed to adjust the conservativeness of the robust optimization, and Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to compare the performance of the solutions. Case studies demonstrate the merits of the proposed applications and verify the approach.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51207050).
文摘Integration of electric vehicles(EVs),demand response and renewable energy will bring multiple opportunities for low carbon power system.A promising integration will be EV battery swapping station(BSS)bundled with PV(photovoltaic)power.Optimizing the configuration and operation of BSS is the key problem to maximize benefit of this integration.The main objective of this paper is to solve infrastructure configuration of BSS.The principle challenge of such an objective is to enhance the swapping ability and save corresponding investment and operation cost under uncertainties of PV generation and swapping demand.Consequently this paper mainly concentrates on combining operation optimization with optimal investment strategies for BSS considering multiscenarios PV power generation and swapping demand.A stochastic programming model is developed by using state flow method to express different states of batteries and its objective is to maximize the station’s net profit.The model is formulated as a mixed-integer linear program to guarantee the efficiency and stability of the optimization.Case studies validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and demonstrate that ignoring the uncertainties of PV generation and swapping demand may lead to an inappropriate batteries,chargers and swapping robots configuration for BSS.