Development of a dynamic pricing algorithm for the application of electric car charging processes

Abstract

Actualmente, el creciente uso del automóvil, junto con la preocupación por el medio ambiente fomenta la investigación en los vehículos eléctricos. Por ello, la industria del VE ha crecido enormemente durante los últimos años, planteando nuevos problemas a la sociedad. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo desarrollar un algoritmo basado en precios dinámicos para la carga de VE. Se trata de paliar la demanda en horas punta, beneficiando la economía del consumidor y de los operadores de recarga. Primeramente, se introduce la base técnica de este proyecto. Después, se define la metodología utilizada para el modelo algorítmico, señalando las entradas, la función objetivo y los posibles algoritmos vinculados a la inteligencia artificial que pueden dar solución. Finalmente, utilizando la herramienta MATLAB Simulink, se ha realizado una simulación implementando el algoritmo, analizando posteriormente su efectividad, llegando a determinadas conclusiones a partir de los resultados y proponiendo futuras líneas de trabajo relacionadas.

Nowadays, the increasing use of automobiles, together with environmental concerns and the development of intelligent systems, encourages the research in the field of electric vehicles. Therefore, the electric vehicle industry has grown enormously during the last recent years, posing new problems to society. This work aims to develop an algorithm based on dynamic pricing for charging electric vehicles at public charging stations. It attempts to alleviate the high demand at peak hours, benefiting both the consumer's economy as well as the charging operators' profit. The structure of this project is divided into several sections. Firstly, an introduction of the technical basis for this project is given. Secondly, the methodology carried out for the algorithm model is defined, pointing out the inputs, the objective function and the possible algorithms linked to artificial intelligence that can help to solve it. Finally, using a block diagram model with the MATLAB Simulink tool, a simulation has been carried out implementing the algorithm, through which its effectiveness has been analyzed, reaching certain conclusions from the results obtained and future lines of work related to this field have been proposed.