TITLE:
Optimal Siting of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Based on Voronoi Diagram and FAHP Method
AUTHORS:
Zheci Tang, Chunlin Guo, Pengxin Hou, Yubo Fan
KEYWORDS:
Electric Vehicles; Charging Station; Voronoi Diagram; Fuzzy-AHP; Optimal Siting
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.4B,
November
20,
2013
ABSTRACT: The electric vehicle charging station should be
allocated based on traffic density, geographical distribution and other factors,
and Voronoi diagram is adopted to set the service area of charging station. In combination
with the actual situation of site selection of electric vehicle charging
station, the comprehensive benefits index system is established. There are
numerous factors influencing the site selection, among which there are uncertainty
and fuzziness. The comprehensive evaluation method based on the fuzzy analysis
and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to evaluate the comprehensive benefits
in the site selection of electric vehicle charging stations, with the consultation
of experts. This paper contributes to the best selection of comprehensive benefits
and provides the reference for the decision-making of building the electric
vehicle charging station. Actual examples show that the method proposed is effective.