EV

Electric vehicle model

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Description

The EV class models an electric vehicle with various properties related to its charging/discharging, energy levels, and scheduling details.

Creation

Syntax

ev = EV()
ev = EV(Name=Value)

Name-Value Arguments

Name	Type	Description
Charger_ind	1 (default) | positive integer	Charger index
Group_ind	1 (default) | positive integer	Group index
Sigma	1 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Battery degradation coefficient (load flattening problem)
W_cs	1 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Weight for cost saving (user friendly problem)
W_pc	0 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Weight for priority charging (user friendly problem)
W_bs	0 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Weight for battery saving (user friendly problem)
Arr_time	1 (default) | positive integer	Arrival time slot index of the vehicle
Dep_time	2 (default) | positive integer	Departure time slot index of the vehicle
E_min	0 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Minimum energy of the vehicle [kWh]
E_cap	100 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Energy capacity of the vehicle [kWh]
E_ini	20 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Initial energy of the vehicle [kWh]
E_ref	60 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Reference energy of the vehicle [kWh]
U_max	10 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Maximum charging rate [kW]
U_min	-10 (default) | nonpositive scalar	Maximum discharging rate [kW]

Output Arguments

Name	Type	Description
ev	EV object	Electric vehicle model

Properties

Name	Type	Description
Charger_ind	1 (default) | positive integer	Charger index
Group_ind	1 (default) | positive integer	Group index
Sigma	1 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Battery degradation coefficient (load flattening problem)
W_cs	1 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Weight for cost saving (user friendly problem)
W_pc	0 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Weight for priority charging (user friendly problem)
W_bs	0 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Weight for battery saving (user friendly problem)
Arr_time	1 (default) | positive integer	Arrival time slot index of the vehicle
Dep_time	2 (default) | positive integer	Departure time slot index of the vehicle
E_min	0 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Minimum energy of the vehicle [kWh]
E_cap	100 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Energy capacity of the vehicle [kWh]
E_ini	20 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Initial energy of the vehicle [kWh]
E_ref	60 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Reference energy of the vehicle [kWh]
U_max	10 (default) | nonnegative scalar	Maximum charging rate [kW]
U_min	-10 (default) | nonpositive scalar	Maximum discharging rate [kW]
valid	false (default) | logical	Validity flag indicating if the object is valid

Object Functions

Name	Description
set	Set properties; this results in valid = false
validate	Check whether an EV object satisfies required conditions