flextools
Overview
flextools package provides functions for:
- Optimizing time-series power loads for minimizing net power
interaction with the grid or energy cost
- Smart charging simulation considering different methods to coordinate
charging sessions, such as postpone, curtail or interrupt
- Simulation of battery systems for optimization purposes or just
business-as-usual battery behavior
Usage
If you want to test flextools with your own data set of time-series
energy, the best place to start is the Get started
chapter
in the package website.
Installation
Since at this moment flextools is not yet in CRAN, you can install the
the latest development version from GitHub:
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("resourcefully-dev/flextools")
Getting help
If you encounter a clear bug, please open an issue with a minimal
reproducible example on
GitHub.
For further technical details, you can read the following academic
articles about the algorithms used in this package:
- Increasing hosting capacity of low-voltage distribution network
using smart charging based on local and dynamic capacity limits.
Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, vol. 41. Elsevier BV,
p. 101626, March 2025. DOI
link.
- Potential benefits of scheduling electric vehicle sessions over
limiting charging power. CIRED Porto Workshop 2022: E-mobility and
power distribution systems. Institution of Engineering and
Technology, 2022. DOI
link.
- Flexibility management of electric vehicles based on user profiles:
The Arnhem case study. International Journal of Electrical Power and
Energy Systems, vol. 133. Elsevier BV, p. 107195, Dec. 2021. DOI
link.
Acknowledgements
This work started under a PhD program in the the University of Girona in
collaboration with Resourcefully, the
energy transition consulting company that currently supports the
development and maintenance.
