Optimal Charging and Discharging Operation of Mobile Charging Stations

Abstract

Today 's technologies continue to grow by merging many various fields. The collaboration between electrical, electronic, mechanical and information technology is a necessity to re-evaluate the electrical energy system for including electric vehicles (EVs). In this study, the use of mobile charging stations (MCSs), which is expected to be one of the important components of the future energy systems, is considered to improve the satisfaction of EV users and an optimization algorithm is proposed to use MCS to minimize the quantity of the EVs that were not served. The results show that the use of MCS provides both operational and economic benefits compared to the expansion of permanent charging stations (PCSs) for increasing charging demands.