• S. D. Manshadi, M. E. Khodayar, K. Abdelghany, and H. Uster
• IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, in press, 2017
• Publication year: 2017

Wireless charging station (WCS) enables in-motion charging of the electric vehicles (EVs). This paper presents the short-term operation of WCS by capturing the interdependence among the electricity and transportation networks. In the transportation network, the total travel cost consists of the cost associated with the travel time and the cost of utilized electricity along each path. Each EV takes the path that minimizes its total travel cost. In the electricity network, the changes in WCS demand as a result of the traffic flow pattern impacts the price of electricity, which further affects the charging strategy of the EVs and the associated traffic flow pattern. The coordination between electricity and transportation networks would help mitigate congestion in electricity network by routing the traffic flow in the transportation network. The presented formulation leverages decentralized optimization to address the economic dispatch in the electricity network as well as the traffic assignment in the transportation network. The presented case studies highlight the merit of the presented model and developed algorithms for the coordinated operation of WCS in electricity and transportation networks.