The integration of electric vehicles (EVs) in power systems can be encouraged by charging station diffusion. These stations can perform smart charging processes, and can take advantage of the involvement of distributed generation sources in a microgrid framework. Furthermore, since photovoltaic batteries and EVs are sources based on direct current (DC), the realization of a DC microgrid structure is promising, though challenging. In this paper, a mixed-integer linear procedure for determining optimal operation planning of a DC-based electric vehicle supply infrastructure is proposed. The procedure aims at optimizing daily operational costs, based on forecast of photovoltaic production and EV exploitation. Peculiar aspects of energy storage devices and of the DC microgrid framework are accounted for through a non-linear iterative procedure. The proposed approach is applied to a test DC microgrid on different operation days and its effectiveness is compared to non-linear formulation solved by means of a genetic algorithm.

DC-Microgrid Operation Planning for an Electric Vehicle Supply Infrastructure / Aluisio, Benedetto; Bruno, Sergio; De Bellis, Luca; Dicorato, Maria; Forte, Giuseppe; Trovato, Michele. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:13(2019). [10.3390/app9132687]

DC-Microgrid Operation Planning for an Electric Vehicle Supply Infrastructure

Aluisio, Benedetto;Bruno, Sergio;Dicorato, Maria;Forte, Giuseppe
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Trovato, Michele
2019-01-01

Abstract

The integration of electric vehicles (EVs) in power systems can be encouraged by charging station diffusion. These stations can perform smart charging processes, and can take advantage of the involvement of distributed generation sources in a microgrid framework. Furthermore, since photovoltaic batteries and EVs are sources based on direct current (DC), the realization of a DC microgrid structure is promising, though challenging. In this paper, a mixed-integer linear procedure for determining optimal operation planning of a DC-based electric vehicle supply infrastructure is proposed. The procedure aims at optimizing daily operational costs, based on forecast of photovoltaic production and EV exploitation. Peculiar aspects of energy storage devices and of the DC microgrid framework are accounted for through a non-linear iterative procedure. The proposed approach is applied to a test DC microgrid on different operation days and its effectiveness is compared to non-linear formulation solved by means of a genetic algorithm.
2019
DC-Microgrid Operation Planning for an Electric Vehicle Supply Infrastructure / Aluisio, Benedetto; Bruno, Sergio; De Bellis, Luca; Dicorato, Maria; Forte, Giuseppe; Trovato, Michele. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:13(2019). [10.3390/app9132687]
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