An agent-based energy management concept for V2X-capable EV charger clusters

IET conference proceedings., vol. 2022, pp. 171–175

Abstract

This study applies an agent-based concept for managing electric vehicle (EV) charging in clustered systems. The applied concept is the modified implementation of SwarmGrid-X algorithm, targeting energy neutralization of consumer-producer clusters through fully decentralized control. In this concept, each bidirectional charging unit (CU) is represented by an agent. Depending on the urgency of the charging demand of the connected EV, the CU agent can act as a consumer or producer and negotiate with other agents to find the complementary needs between individual agents. A consumer agent, firstly, searches for a producer agent in its close proximity and looks for further producers only when it is not possible to cover all the demanded power. This approach enables efficient utilization of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) functions for system objectives- energy neutralization of charger clusters- without enforcing any centralized control.

Authors 6

1. Erdem Gümrükcü Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

2. G. Akyün

   Istanbul Technical University

   Affiliation as printed

   Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

   Istanbul Technical University , Turkey

3. Murat Yılmaz

   Istanbul Technical University

   Affiliation as printed

   Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

   Istanbul Technical University , Turkey

4. S. Dähling Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

5. F. Ponci Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

6. A. Monti Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany