Method and Apparatus for Operating Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

Abstract: 

A method for operating an electric vehicle charging station that comprises a first number of fixed chargers and a second number of mobile devices. Each of the mobile devices moves in the charging station to plug and unplug an electric vehicle. The method includes, at a time step, obtaining, upon receiving a charging request from an electric vehicle arriving at a beginning of the time step, a first charging demand; deriving, upon receiving charging dynamics of an electric vehicle having been staying at the charging station before the time step, a second charging demand; generating, with respect to an optimization horizon including the time step and a plurality of subsequent time steps, a charging demand forecast; and solving, with respect to the optimization horizon, an optimal operation solution, based on the first charging demand, the second charging demand, and the charging demand forecast.

Author: 
Ju, Yi
Zeng, Teng
Moura, Scott
Allybokus, Zaid
Publication date: 
July 11, 2024
Publication type: 
Patent
Citation: 
Ju, Y., ZENG, T., MOURA, S., & ALLYBOKUS, Z. (2024). Method and Apparatus for Operating Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (United States Patent US20240227611A1). https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240227611A1/en