An Opportunistic Wireless Charging System Design for an On-Demand Shuttle Service: Preprint
System right-sizing is critical to implementation of in-motion wireless power transfer (WPT) for electric vehicles. This study introduces a modeling tool, WPTSim, which uses one-second speed, location, and road grade data from an on-demand employee shuttle in operation to simulate the incorporation of WPT at fine granularity. Vehicle power and state of charge are simulated over the drive cycle to evaluate potential system designs. The required battery capacity is determined based on the rated power at a variable number of charging locations. Adding just one WPT location can more than halve the battery capacity needed. Many configurations are capable of being self sustaining with WPT, while others benefit from supplemental stationary charging.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1305950
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5400-66090
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2016 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC 2016), 27-29 June 2016, Dearborn, Michigan
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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