Optimal planning of public fast charging station on residential power distribution system

This paper formulates a mathematical optimization model of the public fast charging stations (FCSs) planning based on covering location principle (CLP) having its locality within the urban area on the residential power distribution grid. Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm has been developed for finding the optimal locations of the FCSs on the proposed model such that it maximizes charging serviceability subject to various constraints, i.e. the traffic service distance of FCSs, and the residential power distribution system, respectively. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed system is pivotally suitable for the planning of FCSs in the residential zone.