Development of a multi-agent management system for an intelligent charging network of electric vehicles

Miranda, João; Borges, José; Mendes, Mário J. G. C.; Valério, Duarte

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Authors

Miranda, João

Borges, José

Mendes, Mário J. G. C.

Valério, Duarte

Abstract(s)

This paper addresses the modelling and simulation of a battery charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, with the objective of pro-actively scheduling the charging of up to ﬁfty vehicles so as not to overcharge the electrical network. Beneﬁts of having the charging stations diﬀer (as much as possible while satisfying end-user requirements) battery charging for those hours when electricity consumption is otherwise low include rendering electricity consumption more uniform along the day. A multi-agent system was used to design a distributed, modular, coordinated and collaborative multi-agent management system for this infrastructure. Simulation results show the eﬀectiveness of this approach under the conditions of four real-life scenarios.

Keywords

Modeling and simulation of power systems Intelligent control of power systems Smart grids Energy management systems Multi-agent systems Electric vehicles

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10793

Citation

MIRANDA, João; [et al] – Development of a multi-agent management system for an intelligent charging network of electric vehicles. In 18th World Congress The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC`11). Milano, Italy: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-3-902661-93-7. Vol. 44, N.º 1, pp. 12267-12272