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A novel pricing mechanism to optimally schedule the charging demands with user utilities

  • Hui Hui
  • , Zhou Su
  • , Tingting Yang
  • , Yilong Hui
  • , Qiaorong Liu
  • , Rui Xing
  • Shanghai University
  • Dalian Maritime University

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Abstract

As an emerging solution to mitigate the problems of the shortage of power resources, electric vehicles (EVs) have advocated to provide safety and convenient driving recently. However, with the ever increasing number of EVs and the new demand of services, how to optimally schedule the charging services becomes a challenge. Therefore, in this paper we present a novel pricing mechanism to optimally schedule the charging demands with user utilities. Firstly, a framework with a nonpreemptive priority charging service is shown for users to queue up. Secondly, based on queuing theory, a novel pricing mechanism is designed to balance the load of charging station by considering the characteristics of different regions and the status of queue. Thirdly, the user utility is studied according to the distance, waiting time as well as the expense, in order to improve the user utility. Finally, simulation results show that the proposed scheme can optimally distribute the charging demand and improve the user utility more efficiently than other conventional methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509059355
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event86th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2017 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 24 Sep 201727 Sep 2017

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume2017-September
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

Conference86th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period24/09/1727/09/17

Keywords

  • Electric vehicles
  • Pricing mechanism
  • Queuing Theory

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