Special Session #6: Fast Charging and Smart Management of Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Co-organizer: Yang Li, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Co-organizer: Changfu Zou, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Co-organizer: Davide M. Raimondo, University of Pavia, Italy

 

Call For Papers

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a promising solution for reducing carbon emissions. Thanks to technological advancements and supportive policies, EV sales have increased worldwide. However, the availability and rollout of charging infrastructure are crucial for efficient charging since recharging an EV takes longer than refueling an internal combustion engine vehicle. On the one hand, to avoid potential health and safety issues of EV batteries during fast charging, control algorithms should be carefully designed with the knowledge of battery characteristics and user preferences. On the other hand, as EVs continue penetrating the vehicle market, they create opportunities and challenges for power grids. A large fleet of EVs can provide the energy storage capacity that can be utilized for peak-shaving, voltage and frequency regulation, and grid support for renewable energy integration. This special session aims to present new research and development in charging control and smart management for EV batteries to address the above mention challenges from both the EV and grid perspectives.

 

Co-organizer’s Bios

Yang Li

Bio: Yang Li (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in power engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2015. From 2015 to 2018, he was a Research Fellow with the Energy Research Institute, NTU, and the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, respectively. He is currently a researcher at the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. His research interests include modeling and control of renewable generation systems, energy storage systems, and power electronic converters. He serves as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.

 

Changfu Zou

Bio: Changfu Zou (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in automation and control engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in 2017. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, where he is currently an Associate Professor with the Automatic Control Group, Department of Electrical Engineering. His current research interests include modeling and control of energy storage systems for automotive and power grids. He serves as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.

 

Davide M. Raimondo

Bio: Davide M. Raimondo (Senior Member, IEEE) received his PhD in Electronics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Pavia, Italy, in 2009. From 2009 to 2010 he was Post-Doctoral Fellow at Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. From 2010 to 2015 and from 2015 to 2021 he was an Assistant and an Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, where he is currently (since December 2021) a Full Professor. He has held visiting positions at MIT, USA, the University of Seville, Spain, TU Wien, Austria, and the University of Konstanz, Germany. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 papers published in refereed journals, books, and conference proceedings. His current research interests include battery management systems, set-based estimation, fault diagnosis, fault-tolerant control, model predictive control, and optimization. Prof. Raimondo, with coauthors, received the 2014–2016 Automatica Paper Prize Award in 2017. He serves as a Subject Editor for Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

 

Submission Deadline: 17 April 2023
Acceptance notification: 5 July 2023
Final paper submission deadline EXTENDED: 5 August 2023

To submit a paper to this session, please visit: https://vppc2023.trackchair.com/