Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (1): 195-203.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2019.0140

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Optimization method of fast charging buses charging strategy for complex operating environment

ZHOU Dan(), REN Zhiwei1, SUN Ke, CHEN Xixiang2, ZHENG Weimin2   

  1. 1. College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, Zhejiang, China
    2. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co. , Ltd. , Hangzhou 310007, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2019-06-21 Revised:2019-09-02 Online:2020-01-05 Published:2019-09-03

Abstract:

Pure electric buses have gradually become the main mode of urban public transport in China. One of the key issues associated with this development is how to provide rapid and timely electric power supply for the electric buses while avoiding the potential safety and economic impacts associated with a power grid system. This study proposes a charging strategy optimization method for pure electric buses using a double-level optimization model and a rolling optimization method while considering multiple factors that affect the charging strategy in a complex operating environment. First, this study establishes a two-tier optimization model for rapidly charging pure electric buses, aiming to minimize the costs associated with the charging and battery loss. The upper tier predicts a forecast charging plan for pure electric buses based on the expected full load rate, traffic index and time-of-use electricity cost. The lower tier is the model-dispatching level, which performs rolling optimization of the forecasted charging plan according to the real-time operation data. The MATLAB simulation results reveal that the proposed method can effectively optimize the pure electric bus charging process, improve the economy of rapid charging, and reduce the impact of concentrated charging of a large number of pure electric buses on the power grid.

Key words: pure electric bus, coordinated charging, two-layer optimization model, intermittent charging, rolling optimization, charging costs

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