Load balancing and peak shaving on multi-vehicle electric charging systems

Description

A JADE implementation of an electrical vehicle charging station.
This charging station is capable of balancing its load between the vehicles, according to their needs, and also reducing peak hours energy demand by using the vehicles' batteries.
There are three types of vehicles implemented with increasingly more complex communication protocols and attributes.
The purpose of this project is to simulate the usage of these smart grid systems in the real world, trying to prove that with more advanced electrical vehicles and full vehicle-to-grid capabilities we can improve a city's electrical efficiency.

Dependencies

In order to compile and run our code, you need to install JavaFX. You can follow the OpenJFX docs on how you can get started.

Compile & Run

Make sure you have installed OpenJFX and that you have exported the path to fx. Something like this:

   export PATH_TO_FX=path/to/javafx-sdk-15.0.1/lib

To compile the code, run the following command on the root of the project:

   javac --module-path $PATH_TO_FX --add-modules javafx.controls -cp "jade/lib/jade.jar:src" -d out src/JADELauncher.java

Afterwards, run it by executing:

   java -cp "jade/lib/jade.jar:out" JADELauncher

Running our simulations

To mimic the simulations that we performed, choose a test from the simulation_tests.txt and change the variables in utils/Constants.java to match the ones writen in the test. Compile and run to view simulation.

Authors

• Carlos Albuquerque - CajoAlbuquerque
• Maria Inês Alves - inesfalves
• Tito Griné - TitoGrine

Evaluation

Project Grade: 20.00