Optimized System for On-Route Fast Charging of Battery-Electric Shuttle Buses

Conference · Fri Aug 07 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161655· OSTI ID:1669610

Miller, Eric; Jagdale, Yogesh; Walkowicz, Kevin

Electrifying cars, buses, and trucks is an attractive means of reducing energy use and emissions because it involves more efficient drivetrain components and minimal restructuring of the transportation network. Transit buses, driving fixed routes, help minimize driver range anxiety by properly sizing energy storage systems. A major challenge to fully electrifying transit buses is providing the amount of energy they consume in a day of driving. To enable a full day of operation without charging, batteries need to be large, which could be expensive and heavy. This work utilizes real-world transit bus data used in a battery-electric drivetrain model to co-optimize charger locations, charger power levels, and vehicle battery sizes.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (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: 1669610
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5400-76800; MainId:9461; UUID:dfff2b87-84b4-4b54-9c0f-f3dd255a6e9c; MainAdminID:18565
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
battery electric bus
high speed charging
optimization
vehicle electrification