Mobi-System: towards an information system to support sustainable mobility with electric vehicle integration

The current Thesis proposes the conceptual aspects and the preliminary prototype of a mobile information system to support information integration and manipulation towards the Electric Vehicle (EV) introduction, and the support of mobility process in urban environments, giving recommendations to drivers about EV range autonomy, charging stations, electricity market, and also as route planner taking into account public transportation, car or bike sharing systems. The main work objective is the creation of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platform based on successful approaches developed in the Computer Science Area, recommender systems, cooperative systems and mobile devices, to help the driver of EV by giving real time information related with EV charging process, range autonomy, electricity market participation, and also smart mobility process in cities by giving guidance towards best route options, taking into account time travel and CO2 emissions. Based on the analysis of the problem a conceptual system and a prototype application were created under the designation “Mobi-System”, designed to mobile devices, with relevant information oriented to: (1) EV charging process; (2) EV range autonomy; (3) electricity market participation; and (4) mobility process in smart cities of the future. In this work it was developed an application to store data related with EV charging/discharging process, for further intelligent analysis and remote interaction with the charging system, determining a smart charging procedure, taking into account the distribution electrical system limitations, and the creation of communities with participation in the electricity market. A range estimation and representation process is introduced as part of the help process to assist EV drivers. An Aggregator system and a collaborative broker for distributed energy sources are proposed, taking into account the electricity market. A proposal for data integration of different transportation sources and a multimodal best route path are proposed based on CO2 emissions and time travel.

Name thesis:degree_name

Tese de doutoramento do Programa Doutoral em Líderes para as Indústrias Tecnológicas (Programa MIT-Portugal - Área EDAM)

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Ferreira, João C.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Afonso, João L.
• Silva, Alberto R.

• Sustainable Transportation System
• Electric vehicle
• Smart Grid System
• Electricity market
• Users collaboration
• Sustainable Mobility Process
• User profile
• V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) System
• Range anxiety problem
• Mobile device
• Geographic Information System
• Electromobility
• Sistema de Transporte Sustentável
• Veículo elétrico
• Rede Elétrica Inteligente (Smart Grid)
• Mercado de eletricidade
• Colaboração entre utilizadores
• Mobilidade sustentável
• Perfil do utilizador
• Sistema Veículo-Rede (Vehicle-to-Grid System)
• Problema de ansiedade de autonomia
• Dispositivo móvel
• Sistema de Informação Geográfica
• Mobilidade elétrica

Statement dc:rights

• openAccess

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1822/28871

OAI record oai:identifier

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