Title :
Plug-in electric vehicle charging coordination in electrical distribution systems using a Tabu Search algorithm
Author :
Banol A, Nataly ; Franco, John F. ; Lavorato, Marina ; Rider, Marcos J. ; Romero, Ruben
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. Eng., UNESP, Ilha Solteira, Brazil
Abstract :
A new methodology based on Tabu Search algorithm optimization is proposed in this paper in order to solve the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging coordination (PEVCC) problem in electrical distribution systems (EDSs). The proposed method minimizes the total operational costs of the EDS by determining an optimal schedule for the charging of the electric vehicle batteries. In order to improve the efficiency of the optimization algorithm, a sensitivity index is used to approximate the power losses assessment of the charging schedule analyzed by the Tabu Search algorithm. The proposed method was used to solve the PEVCC problem in two test systems and the results shown that the achieved solution is able to operate the EDS economically while the operational constraints are satisfied.
Keywords :
battery powered vehicles; minimisation; power distribution economics; scheduling; search problems; secondary cells; EDS; PEVCC battery optimal scheduling problem; Tabu search algorithm; electrical distribution system; operational cost minimization; plug-in electric vehicle charging coordination; Batteries; Indexes; Linear programming; Mathematical model; Optimization; Schedules; Sensitivity; Electric distribution system; Tabu Search; electric vehicles charging;
Conference_Titel :
Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7992-9
DOI :
10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165395
