Operating and Management Plan for Desklib Online Library

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Operating and Management Plan
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10. Operating Plan
10.1 Location
Based on the penetration level of the technology in Saudi Arabia, the business project will
focus on major cities. However, the first city, to begin with, will be Riyadh which hosts the
economically potential consumers. The product market would be based in this city for the
first launch of the EV charging station. The supply of equipment will not be limited to the
city alone but also those in need of them from other places in Saudi Arabia. The charging
station can be in single place consist of multiple number of parking, government complex,
shopping centres and private companies provided with special connectors as per customer
preferences and need to relevant specification and standard (Al-Awami and Sortomme 2013).
The Electric Charging stations will be distributed across the Riyadh taking the traffic plan
and rout mapping of the city under consideration that will allow the EV riders a flawless ride
without worrying about long distance refilling stations. The initially the distribution of this
refilling stations will be with distances of 20 kilo meter between each pair of charging
stations. It is an average measurement; the distances will be different depending on the traffic
strength of the operating zone (Hafez and Bhattacharya 2017). The distance will be measured
by nonlinear scale while conserving the effective distance covered by road. The following
table shows the positions of the initial distribution of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in
Riyadh.
Name of the area Distance from nearest charging station
Al Urubah Road, 1225 18 Km
AL Azizah Road, 14514 20 Km
Al Madinah Al Munawarah Road, 4870 17 Km
Saud Bin Mohammed Bin Muqrin Rd, 13313 22 Km
Riyadh Rail station, 12844 22 Km
King Abdul Aziz Historical centre, 12613 20 Km
King Saud University. 12371 18.7 Km

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Diriyah, 13712 21 Km
King Abdulaziz Road, 13326 17.5 Km
Table 1: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Source: (Created by author)
10.2 Operation Procedures
Initially the business will focus on the charging and products selling operation. The
electrical vehicle charging station will offer charging grounds for electric vehicles owners in
three different levels depending on the length of time they would want their vehicles charged.
The business will also offer various electrical equipment’s and add-ons for electric vehicles
such as the charger plug-in, Hybrid charger, AC to DC adapter, Additional batteries, Power
cord, Battery placement clip and others. The charging station offers three types of charging
technology namely Level 1 charging service, Level 2 Charging service and Level 3 Charging
service. Level 1 and 2 are using alternating current (AC) with different input voltage which
is first technology invented takes long time to charge provide short distance range, level 3 is
using direct current (DC) using fast charging technology provide long distance range. The
pricing policy is main factor to demand charging service can be weekly, monthly or yearly as
flat rates per kilowatt hour (kWh), the base price of service can determine by local electricity
tariff which is set by The Electricity & Co-Generation Regulatory Authority.
The charging system will consist of 3 basic sections namely the main power source,
EVSE and the Industry level J1772 power connecter cord. A utility 240V AC power as well
as will be connected with the Level 1/2 EVSE or Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. At the
same time, the Level 3 EVSE will be connected with 480 V DC power unit (Bae and
Kwasinski 2012). The AC power source will be regulated from 120 V for level 1 charging
and 240V for level 2. In EVSE the controlling and monitoring device will show the charging
type, used power units (kWh) and remaining power in source power unit. This Monitoring
and controlling device will be connected with the output cord where power cord type and
SAE Combo cord will be used as per the vehicle model. (Wang et al. 2017).

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10.3 Facilities and Layouts
The Facility and the layout of the EV charging station will be designed as per the
consumer segmentation and the area of distribution. The major regulators of choosing the
appropriate position of the service will be the range of traffic, the number vehicle, the size of
the parking lot, the nearest place of gathering. The position of the station will ensure that it
will be visible clearly from the road and the a EV can easily change the direction to the
Charging station from the direction of ongoing traffic without having any stiff turn or U turn.
The base colour of Level1/3 and Level 3 EVSE will be white where the Level 1/2 will have
the combination of green and the Level 3 will have the combination of blue to make their
purpose visible and easily distinguishable.
Figure 1: Layout map of a charging station
Source: (Taylor-Haw et al. 2013)
Each EV charging station will contain at least 2 Level 1/2 and 1 level 3 EVSE system
situated at the end of perpendicular charging parking lot. The parking lot will have separate
section for larger vehicles like Vans or SUVs. The charging port will be situated on the right
side of each parking plot to cover minimum effective length to reach the charging plug of the
vehicle. The perking space will be both parallel and perpendicular position depending on the
availability of space and density of potential traffic. The main power sources the 240V AC
and 480V DC batteries will be situated at the separated major power distributor system block