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.