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ACN-sim: An open-source simulator for data-driven electric vehicle charging research

Lee, Zachary ; Johansson, Daniel LU and Low, Steven H. (2019) 10th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, e-Energy 2019 p.411-412
Abstract

Electric vehicles have recently garnered significant attention in the research community due to their potential has a large, highly controllable load which can be used in demand response, load shaping, and renewable energy integration. However, research into practical charging algorithms has been hampered by the lack of a widely available, realistic simulation environment. To meet this need in the community, we are releasing ACN-Sim, a data-driven, opensource simulator based on our experience building and operating real-world charging systems. This simulator provides researchers who may lack access to real EV charging systems with a realistic environment to evaluate their algorithms and test their assumptions. It also provides a common... (More)

Electric vehicles have recently garnered significant attention in the research community due to their potential has a large, highly controllable load which can be used in demand response, load shaping, and renewable energy integration. However, research into practical charging algorithms has been hampered by the lack of a widely available, realistic simulation environment. To meet this need in the community, we are releasing ACN-Sim, a data-driven, opensource simulator based on our experience building and operating real-world charging systems. This simulator provides researchers who may lack access to real EV charging systems with a realistic environment to evaluate their algorithms and test their assumptions. It also provides a common platform on which algorithms can be evaluated head-to-head, allowing researchers to better understand and articulate how their work fits into the existing literature.

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Data-driven analysis, Electric vehicle charging, Opensource software, Simulator
host publication
e-Energy 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems
pages
2 pages
publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
conference name
10th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, e-Energy 2019
conference location
Phoenix, United States
conference dates
2019-06-25 - 2019-06-28
external identifiers
  • scopus:85068687294
ISBN
9781450366717
DOI
10.1145/3307772.3330170
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Lee, Zachary and Johansson, Daniel and Low, Steven H.}},
  booktitle    = {{e-Energy 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems}},
  isbn         = {{9781450366717}},
  keywords     = {{Data-driven analysis; Electric vehicle charging; Opensource software; Simulator}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{411--412}},
  publisher    = {{Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}},
  title        = {{ACN-sim:  An open-source simulator for data-driven electric vehicle charging research}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3307772.3330170}},
  doi          = {{10.1145/3307772.3330170}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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