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Main Authors: Orfanoudakis, Stavros, Diaz-Londono, Cesar, Yılmaz, Yunus E., Palensky, Peter, Vergara, Pedro P.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01849
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author Orfanoudakis, Stavros
Diaz-Londono, Cesar
Yılmaz, Yunus E.
Palensky, Peter
Vergara, Pedro P.
author_facet Orfanoudakis, Stavros
Diaz-Londono, Cesar
Yılmaz, Yunus E.
Palensky, Peter
Vergara, Pedro P.
contents As electric vehicle (EV) numbers rise, concerns about the capacity of current charging and power grid infrastructure grow, necessitating the development of smart charging solutions. While many smart charging simulators have been developed in recent years, only a few support the development of Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms in the form of a Gym environment, and those that do usually lack depth in modeling Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) scenarios. To address the aforementioned issues, this paper introduces the EV2Gym, a realistic simulator platform for the development and assessment of small and large-scale smart charging algorithms within a standardized platform. The proposed simulator is populated with comprehensive EV, charging station, power transformer, and EV behavior models validated using real data. EV2Gym has a highly customizable interface empowering users to choose from pre-designed case studies or craft their own customized scenarios to suit their specific requirements. Moreover, it incorporates a diverse array of RL, mathematical programming, and heuristic algorithms to speed up the development and benchmarking of new solutions. By offering a unified and standardized platform, EV2Gym aims to provide researchers and practitioners with a robust environment for advancing and assessing smart charging algorithms.
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spellingShingle EV2Gym: A Flexible V2G Simulator for EV Smart Charging Research and Benchmarking
Orfanoudakis, Stavros
Diaz-Londono, Cesar
Yılmaz, Yunus E.
Palensky, Peter
Vergara, Pedro P.
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
As electric vehicle (EV) numbers rise, concerns about the capacity of current charging and power grid infrastructure grow, necessitating the development of smart charging solutions. While many smart charging simulators have been developed in recent years, only a few support the development of Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms in the form of a Gym environment, and those that do usually lack depth in modeling Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) scenarios. To address the aforementioned issues, this paper introduces the EV2Gym, a realistic simulator platform for the development and assessment of small and large-scale smart charging algorithms within a standardized platform. The proposed simulator is populated with comprehensive EV, charging station, power transformer, and EV behavior models validated using real data. EV2Gym has a highly customizable interface empowering users to choose from pre-designed case studies or craft their own customized scenarios to suit their specific requirements. Moreover, it incorporates a diverse array of RL, mathematical programming, and heuristic algorithms to speed up the development and benchmarking of new solutions. By offering a unified and standardized platform, EV2Gym aims to provide researchers and practitioners with a robust environment for advancing and assessing smart charging algorithms.
title EV2Gym: A Flexible V2G Simulator for EV Smart Charging Research and Benchmarking
topic Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01849