Dynamic Energy/Mobility Allocation with EV Consumer Behavior Coupling Transmission Power and Traffic Systems

Electric vehicles (EVs) are the key driver to coordinate the sector-coupled system for energy and mobility. Meanwhile, the mobility operation of EVs depends on the consumer behavior of the EV owner. This paper considers a dynamic energy and mobility allocation with the EV consumer behavior in the dynamical sector-coupled system to stabilize a transmission power network and optimize a traffic flow management via EVs. After formulating the dynamical systems coupling the transmission power systems and the traffic systems, we propose a dynamic optimal energy/mobility allocation problem to minimize the physical cost and the behavior cost during the planned period. To analyze the sharing of EVs in the aspect of both energy and mobility, we illustrate and discuss the effectiveness and the implementation of our proposed allocation through simulation imitating the Tokyo area. Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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This paper focuses on the impact of consumer behavior of electric vehicle owners on energy and transportation systems, and proposes a dynamic allocation problem to optimize energy networks and traffic flow management. The effectiveness and implementation of the allocation are demonstrated through simulation in the Tokyo area.