Collective Effects and Performance of Algorithmic Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies

Gardlo, Miroslav; Buzna, Ľuboš; Carvalho, Rui; Gibbens, Richard; Kelly, Frank

doi:10.1109/compeng.2018.8536246

Collective Effects and Performance of Algorithmic Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies

Gardlo, Miroslav; Buzna, Ľuboš; Carvalho, Rui; Gibbens, Richard; Kelly, Frank

Authors

Miroslav Gardlo

Ľuboš Buzna

Dr Rui Carvalho rui.carvalho@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Richard Gibbens

Frank Kelly

Abstract

We combine the power flow model with the proportionally fair optimization criterion to study the control of congestion within a distribution electric grid network. The form of the mathematical optimization problem is a convex second order cone that can be solved by modern non-linear interior point methods and constitutes the core of a dynamic simulation of electric vehicles (EV) joining and leaving the charging network. The preferences of EV drivers, represented by simple algorithmic strategies, are conveyed to the optimizing component by realtime adjustments to user-specific weighting parameters that are then directly incorporated into the objective function. The algorithmic strategies utilize a small number of parameters that characterize the user's budgets, expectations on the availability of vehicles and the charging process. We investigate the collective behaviour emerging from individual strategies and evaluate their performance by means of computer simulation.

Citation

Gardlo, M., Buzna, Ľ., Carvalho, R., Gibbens, R., & Kelly, F. (2018). Collective Effects and Performance of Algorithmic Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies. In 2018 IEEE Workshop on Complexity in Engineering (COMPENG), 10-12 October 2018, Florence (1-7). https://doi.org/10.1109/compeng.2018.8536246

Conference Name	The fifth Workshop on Complexity in Engineering (COMPENG 2018).
Conference Location	Florence, Italy
Start Date	Oct 10, 2018
End Date	Oct 12, 2018
Acceptance Date	Sep 18, 2018
Online Publication Date	Nov 15, 2018
Publication Date	Oct 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Oct 4, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Oct 5, 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1-7
Book Title	2018 IEEE Workshop on Complexity in Engineering (COMPENG), 10-12 October 2018, Florence.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/compeng.2018.8536246
Related Public URLs	https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.01766

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