Electric Vehicle Charging Load Demand Forecasting in Different Functional Areas of Cities with Weighted Measurement Fusion UKF Algorithm

Minan Tang (), Xi Guo, Jiandong Qiu, Jinping Li and Bo An
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Minan Tang: College of New Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Xi Guo: College of New Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Jiandong Qiu: College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Jinping Li: College of New Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Bo An: College of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-25

Abstract: The forecasting of charging demand for electric vehicles (EVs) plays a vital role in maintaining grid stability and optimizing energy distribution. Therefore, an innovative method for the prediction of EV charging load demand is proposed in this study to address the downside of the existing techniques in capturing the spatial–temporal heterogeneity of electric vehicle (EV) charging loads and predicting the charging demand of electric vehicles. Additionally, an innovative method of electric vehicle charging load demand forecasting is proposed, which is based on the weighted measurement fusion unscented Kalman filter (UKF) algorithm, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of forecasting. First, the data collected from OpenStreetMap and Amap are used to analyze the distribution of urban point-of-interest (POI), to accurately classify the functional areas of the city, and to determine the distribution of the urban road network, laying a foundation for modeling. Second, the travel chain theory was applied to thoroughly analyze the travel characteristics of EV users. The Improved Floyd (IFloyd) algorithm is used to determine the optimal route. Also, a Monte Carlo simulation is performed to estimate the charging load for electric vehicle users in a specific region. Then, a weighted measurement fusion UKF (WMF–UKF) state estimator is introduced to enhance the accuracy of prediction, which effectively integrates multi-source data and enables a more detailed prediction of the spatial–temporal distribution of load demand. Finally, the proposed method is validated comparatively against traffic survey data and the existing methods by conducting a simulation experiment in an urban area. The results show that the method proposed in this paper is applicable to predict the peak hours more accurately compared to the reference method, with the accuracy of first peak prediction improved by 53.53% and that of second peak prediction improved by 23.23%. The results not only demonstrate the high performance of the WMF–UKF prediction model in forecasting peak periods but also underscore its potential in supporting grid operations and management, which provides a new solution to improving the accuracy of EV load demand forecasting.

Keywords: electric vehicle charging; load demand forecasting; unscented Kalman filter; weighted measurement fusion; urban functional zoning divide (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: 2024
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