Software solution development enables efficient management of charging station systems for electric vehicle fleets

The main researchers of the project, which was supported within the 4th public competition of the DOPRAVA 2020+ programme, are VSB-TUO CEET ENET Centre and other participants are SMARTEV CDS s.r.o. and CDS CARS s.r.o. These three strong names in the field of energy technology, storage and electromobility are involved in a breakthrough in the collection and evaluation of data flows between charging stations - electric vehicles and the end user.

 
In order to achieve this goal is proposed basis of the project named: Development of analytical tools for an efficient transition to electromobility.
Charging is an important and central element of electromobility and the project will therefore develop a technical solution that will enable efficient management of the charging station system for fleets of electric vehicles, taking into account the energy infrastructure capabilities of companies. The outputs will allow clients to gain a comprehensive overview of the context of the EVs in operation and provide data for efficient charging.
This will enable the reduction of emissions, optimization of charging time and correction of drivers' driving style.
 
Director Lukas Prokop commented the current status of the project: "We are currently in the second year of the project and we have created a software environment where we concentrate data from electronic logbooks, from electricity meters monitoring the current consumption of the infrastructure of companies, data predicting the production of installed renewable energy sources and the current state of installed batteries. We are also working on data models that will allow us to simulate the energy balances of the infrastructure of each collaborating company. We will use these models to command and control the charging stations."

 
The result should provide clients energy savings and reduced emissions through a solution for managing the charging of multiple electric vehicles simultaneously. With the help of the developed management system, users can efficiently distribute the available power among multiple charging stations and reduce the size of the reserved power. Another benefit is that it allows charging station managers to monitor power consumption, schedule vehicle battery charging, manage user access permissions or prioritise charging and determine the maximum charging power for each station or a group of stations.