Electric vehicle charging management using discrete event dynamic systems

Management of Electric Vehicle charging has gained significant interest mainly due its impacts on the distribution systems. Several control strategies which are proposed in the literature consider electric vehicle charging as time based signals on the system. This work proposes an alternative method by considering the charging as dynamic events on the distribution system. Proposed multi-state semi control and full control models are based on the ability to charge the vehicles at different rates and the ability to move from one state to another. Finally, a dynamic full control model based on the distribution system conditions is proposed. The proposed model has the potential to manage the load on the distribution transformer to sustain its life with this new type of load.