Multi-period planning for electric car charging station locations: A case of Korean Expressways

•We propose three methods for multi-period planning to locate electric charging stations.•We compare the three methods with the Korean Expressway data.•Excluding short/low-demand paths make problems tractable without losing coverage.•Multi-period location decisions can be significantly different fro...

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Published in:European journal of operational research 2015-04, Vol.242 (2), p.677-687
Main Authors: Chung, Sung Hoon, Kwon, Changhyun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charging
Construction
Decision making models
Electric cars
Electric vehicles
Expressways
Flow-refueling location
Infrastructure
Korean Expressways
Location analysis
Mathematical problems
Multi-period planning
Networks
Operational research
Optimization
Optimization techniques
Stations
Studies
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Summary:•We propose three methods for multi-period planning to locate electric charging stations.•We compare the three methods with the Korean Expressway data.•Excluding short/low-demand paths make problems tractable without losing coverage.•Multi-period location decisions can be significantly different from single-period decisions.•We consider five types of demand profile for additional insights. One of the most critical barriers to widespread adoption of electric cars is the lack of charging station infrastructure. Although it is expected that a sufficient number of charging stations will be constructed eventually, due to various practical reasons they may have to be introduced gradually over time. In this paper, we formulate a multi-period optimization model based on a flow-refueling location model for strategic charging station location planning. We also propose two myopic methods and develop a case study based on the real traffic flow data of the Korean Expressway network in 2011. We discuss the performance of the three proposed methods.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.029