Planning and operation of EV charging stations by chicken swarm optimization driven heuristics

Successful deployment of electric vehicles demands for establishment of simple reachable charging stations (CSs). Scheduling and action of CSs is a composite problem and that should not affect the smooth operation of the power grid. The present paper attempts to solve the planning and operation of CSs by a novel chicken swarm optimization-based heuristics. The placement of CS is modelled in a multi-objective framework as cost-effective parameters secures the operation of the power grid. Further, the operation of CSs is examined for three scenarios such as uncoordinated charging, coordinated charging, as well as bidirectional vehicle to grid. The proposed approach is tested on IEEE 33-bus, and on a distribution network of Guwahati, India.