Towards a collective knowledge for a smart electric vehicle charging strategy

In this work is proposed the design of a system to create and handle Electric Vehicles (EV) charging procedures, based on intelligent process. Due to the electrical power distribution network limitation and absence of smart meter devices, Electric Vehicles charging should be performed in a balanced way, taking into account past experience (spread in a social network). In order to allow information exchange and to help user mobility, it was also created a mobile application to assist the EV driver on these processes. This proposed Smart Electric Vehicle Charging System uses Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology, in order to connect Electric Vehicles and also renewable energy sources to Smart Grids (SG). This system also explores the new paradigm of Electrical Markets (EM), with deregulation of electricity production and use, in order to obtain the best conditions for commercializing electrical energy.The authors are grateful to the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) and to the MIT-Portugal Program, for funding the Project MIT-PTIEDAM-SMS/00301200

A conceptual V2G aggregation platform

In this work is proposed the design of a system to create and handle an Electric Vehicle (EV) community, based on social networks collaborative approach and a credit mechanism to incentive participation and divide profits. This system is part of a V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) module that allows EV owners to be aggregated in communities and participate in the electricity market. With this system it is possible for the EV owners to win money while the EVs are parked and plugged, delivering back to the electrical grid part of the energy stored in the batteries, increasing the attractiveness of EVs.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Project MIT-Pt/EDAM-SMS/0030/2008.MIT-Portugal Progra

Mobi_system : a personal travel assistance for electrical vehicles in smart cities

In this work it is proposed the design of a mobile system to assist car drivers in a smart city environment oriented to the upcoming reality of Electric Vehicles (EV). Taking into account the new reality of smart cites, EV introduction, Smart Grids (SG), Electrical Markets (EM), with deregulation of electricity production and use, drivers will need more information for decision and mobility purposes. A mobile application to recommend useful related information will help drivers to deal with this new reality, giving guidance towards traffic, batteries charging process, and city mobility infrastructures (e.g. public transportation information, parking places availability and car & bike sharing systems). Since this is an upcoming reality with possible process changes, development must be based on agile process approaches (Web services).Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)MIT-Portugal Progra

Context aware advisor for public transportation

This paper presents an Android-based mobile app designed to provide real time context aware public transportation information and advice to its users through the combination of the user's preferences and geographic context with data retrieved from a public transportation information system called XTraN Passenger. Thus, this mobile app contributes to fulfill the necessities of the passengers, and also provides an incentive for people to use the public transportation infrastructure more frequently. The proposed mobile app allows the users to benefit from the access to real time public transportation data in a simple and intuitive way. The validation of the features and operation of the developed app was assessed with results from use cases and real-world experimental tests using public transportation data from a Brazilian bus fleet operator.This work is supported by FCT with the reference project UID/EEA/04436/2013, by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 –Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI) with the reference project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006941

Methodology for knowledge extraction from mobility big data

The spread of mobile devices with several sensors, together with mo-bile communication, provides huge volumes of real-time data (big data) about users’ mobility habits, which should be correctly analysed to extract useful knowledge. In our research we explore a data mining approach based on a Naïve Bayes (NB) classifier applied to different sources of big data. To achieve this goal, we propose a methodology based on four processes that collects data and merges different data sources into pre-defined data classes. We can apply this methodology to different big data sources and extract a diversity of knowledge that can be applied to the development of dedicated applications and decision processes in the area of intelligent transportation systems, such as route advice, CO2 emissions reduction through fuel savings, and provision of smart advice for public transportation usage

Compensador de tensão do tipo activo série controlado por computador pessoal

Os filtros activos do tipo série são equipamentos de electrónica de potência capazes de compensar alguns dos problemas de qualidade de energia dos sistemas eléctricos, nomeadamente: interrupções, sobretensões e subtensões momentâneas, distorção da tensão causada por harmónicos, desequilíbrio de tensões em sistemas trifásicos, flutuação de tensão (flicker), sobretensões e subtensões momentâneas, e podem também realizar a correcção dinámica do factor de potência. O objectivo principal deste trabalho consistiu no estudo, simulação, desenvolvimento, e teste de um filtro activo série com sistema de controlo implementado num computador pessoal (PC) munido de uma placa de aquisição de dados genérica para o barramento PCI. Esta opção justifica-se devido ao seu baixo custo, elevada capacidade de processamento e versatilidade. Neste artigo apresenta-se o esquema eléctrico do compensador activo série desenvolvido, o seu algoritmo de controlo e resultados experimentais obtidos

P-q theory power components calculations

The “Generalized theory of the instantaneous reactive power in three-phase circuits", proposed by Akagi et al., and also known as the p-q theory, is an interesting tool to apply to the control of active power filters, or even to analyze three-phase power systems in order to detect problems related to harmonics, reactive power and unbalance. In this paper it will be shown that in three phase electrical systems the instantaneous power waveform presents symme-tries of 1/6, 1/3, 1/2 or 1 cycle of the power system fundamen-tal frequency, depending on the system being balanced or not, and having or not even harmonics (interharmonics and sub-harmonics are not considered in this analysis). These symme-tries can be exploited to accelerate the calculations for active filters controllers based on the p-q theory. In the case of the conventional reactive power or zero-sequence compensation, it is shown that the theoretical control system dynamic response delay is zero.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - POCTI/ESE/41170/2001

A series active power filter controlled by personal computer

This paper describes work that is being done in the design and implementation of a series active power filter for electrical power quality purposes. This type of filter is able to compensate for the following voltage related problems in the power grid: short blackouts for a few cycles, voltage distortion due to harmonics on a repetitive basis, voltage unbalance in three-phase systems, voltage flicker (subharmonics) and momentary over or under voltages. The main objective of the work described in the paper is to build a series active filter controlled by a personal computer with a standard multifunction data acquisition PCI bus card, because of its relative low cost and versatility. This PC based solution presents some difficulties since the control of a series active filter is a kind of application which requires a fast controller which that does not miss samples and where all real-time deadlines must be met each and every time, or the system will not operate properly. These characteristics imply that this application falls in the “hard real-time” control category. In the paper, some results are presented and some conclusions are taken using two different operating systems. Furthermore, a comparison with a microcontroller based implementation will be made.(undefined

A single-phase power series compensator for voltage distortion

The purpose of this paper is to describe the work that is being done in the design and implementation of a single phase series power compensator for electrical power quality purposes. This system is able to compensate several voltage related problems in the power grid, namely: voltage distortion due to harmonics, voltage flicker (sub harmonics) and over or under voltages. The power circuit of the series compensator is described in this paper, and some experimental results are presented.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), project funding POCTI/ESE/41170/2001

Vehicle electrification: New challenges and opportunities for smart grids

Nowadays, concerns about climate change have contributed significantly to changing the paradigm in the urban transportation sector towards vehicle electrification, where purely electric or hybrid vehicles are increasingly a new reality, supported by all major automotive brands. Nevertheless, new challenges are imposed on the current electrical power grids in terms of a synergistic, progressive, dynamic and stable integration of electric mobility. Besides the traditional unidirectional charging, more and more, the adoption of a bidirectional interconnection is expected to be a reality. In addition, whenever the vehicle is plugged-in, the on-board power electronics can also be used for other purposes, such as in the event of a power failure, regardless if the vehicle is in charging mode or not. Other new opportunities, from the electrical grid point of view, are even more relevant in the context of off-board power electronics systems, which can be enhanced with new features as, for example, compensation of power quality problems or interface with renewable energy sources. In this sense, this paper aims to present, in a comprehensive way, the new challenges and opportunities that smart grids are facing, including the new technologies in the vehicle electrification, towards a sustainable future. A theoretical analysis is also presented and supported by experimental validation based on developed laboratory prototypes.This work was supported by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013. This work was financed by the ERDF —European Regional Development Fund, through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation—COMPETE2020 Programme, and by National Funds through the Portuguese funding agency, FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, within project SAICTPAC/0004/2015-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016434. This work is part of the FCT project 0302836 NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-030283.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio