An upcoming introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles could put power systems’ infrastructure under strain in the absence of charging control. The charging of electric vehicles could be managed centrally by a socalled aggregator, which would take advantage of the flexibility of these loads. To determine optimal charging profiles day-ahead, the aggregator needs infor...

2014 A charging chain consisting of alternate insulating and conducting segments is inherently a more uniform structure than a conventional woven fabric charging belt. Consequently, in terms of voltage stability caused by variations in the charging system, a chain should be superior to a belt. In addition, a chain produces no lint and little dust; it is relatively insensitive to moisture and th...

As a key pillar of smart transportation in city applications, electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular for their contribution reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One the challenges, however, is strain on power grid infrastructure that comes with large-scale EV deployment. The solution to this lies utilization scheduling algorithms manage growing public charging demand. Using dat...

We investigated the electrostatic charging behavior of submillimeter-sized dust particles located in Saturn's magnetosphere. The charging effects we considered included electron/ion capture from the magnetospheric plasma, electron/ion capture from the solar-wind plasma, the photoelectric effect from solar radiation, and secondary electron emission from energetic electrons. In our results, we sh...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be a major component of the smart grid. The rapid proliferation of EVs will introduce an unprecedented load on the existing electric grid due to the charging/discharging behavior of the EVs, thus motivating the need for novel approaches for routing EVs across the grid. In this paper, a novel gametheoretic framework for smart routing of EVs within the smar...