Optimal plug-in electric vehicles charging coordination in electrical distribution networks

Abstract

Abstract: Electric vehicles are shifting the paradigm of electrical distribution networks operation. Thus, the operation of electrical distribution networks is becoming more complex and challenging for ensuring quality, security and reliability. In this paper, the plug-in electric vehicles charging coordination on electrical distribution networks is to carried out. The plug-in electric vehicles batteries equations are modeled and embedded into a charging coordination mixed-integer second-order cone programming model. The proposed mathematical model is formulated to minimize the total operational costs of the electrical distribution networks by determining an optimal charging coordination for the plug-in electric vehicles batteries. Results of a case study based on the 136-node test system show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.