Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates
This paper presents a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging control algorithm, Adjustable Real-Time Valley Filling (ARVF), to improve PEV charging and minimize adverse effects from uncontrolled PEV charging on the grid. ARVF operates in real time, adjusts to sudden deviations between forecasted an...
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| description | This paper presents a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging control algorithm, Adjustable Real-Time Valley Filling (ARVF), to improve PEV charging and minimize adverse effects from uncontrolled PEV charging on the grid. ARVF operates in real time, adjusts to sudden deviations between forecasted and actual baseloads, and uses fuzzy logic to deliver variable charging rates between 1.9 and 7.2 kW. Fuzzy logic is selected for this application because it can optimize nonlinear systems, operate in real time, scale efficiently, and be computationally fast, making ARVF a robust algorithm for real-world applications. In addition, this study proves that when the forecasted and actual baseload vary by more than 20%, its real-time capability is more advantageous than algorithms that use optimization techniques on predicted baseload data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd9b3bb79ac2481fbfe15ae238f6ff722023-11-22T22:21:34ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-11-0111221096210.3390/app112210962Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging RatesTheron Smith0Joseph Garcia1Gregory Washington2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3550, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3550, USAGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USAThis paper presents a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging control algorithm, Adjustable Real-Time Valley Filling (ARVF), to improve PEV charging and minimize adverse effects from uncontrolled PEV charging on the grid. ARVF operates in real time, adjusts to sudden deviations between forecasted and actual baseloads, and uses fuzzy logic to deliver variable charging rates between 1.9 and 7.2 kW. Fuzzy logic is selected for this application because it can optimize nonlinear systems, operate in real time, scale efficiently, and be computationally fast, making ARVF a robust algorithm for real-world applications. In addition, this study proves that when the forecasted and actual baseload vary by more than 20%, its real-time capability is more advantageous than algorithms that use optimization techniques on predicted baseload data.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10962fuzzy logicplug-in electric vehiclevalley fillingdistribution transformerelectric vehicle chargingsmart charging |
| spellingShingle | Theron Smith Joseph Garcia Gregory Washington Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates Applied Sciences fuzzy logic plug-in electric vehicle valley filling distribution transformer electric vehicle charging smart charging |
| title | Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates |
| title_full | Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates |
| title_fullStr | Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates |
| title_short | Smart Electric Vehicle Charging via Adjustable Real-Time Charging Rates |
| title_sort | smart electric vehicle charging via adjustable real time charging rates |
| topic | fuzzy logic plug-in electric vehicle valley filling distribution transformer electric vehicle charging smart charging |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10962 |
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