A Mobile Energy Storage Unit Serving Multiple EV Charging Stations

Mohamed M. Elmeligy, Mostafa F. Shaaban, Ahmed Azab, Maher A. Azzouz and Mohamed Mokhtar
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Mohamed M. Elmeligy: Department of Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates
Mostafa F. Shaaban: Department of Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Azab: Production & Operations Management Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, ON N9B-3P4, Canada
Maher A. Azzouz: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
Mohamed Mokhtar: Electrical Power and Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11517, Egypt

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: Due to the rapid increase in electric vehicles (EVs) globally, new technologies have emerged in recent years to meet the excess demand imposed on the power systems by EV charging. Among these technologies, a mobile energy storage system (MESS), which is a transportable storage system that provides various utility services, was used in this study to support several charging stations, in addition to supplying power to the grid during overload and on-peak hours. Thus, this paper proposes a new day-ahead optimal operation of a single MESS unit that serves several charging stations that share the same geographical area. The operational problem is formulated as a mixed-integer non-linear programming (MINLP), where the objective is to minimize the total operating cost of the parking lots (PLs). Two different case studies are simulated to highlight the effectiveness of the proposed system compared to the current approach.

Keywords: battery energy storage; electric vehicles; mobile energy storage unit; optimization; parking lots (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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