Opportunistic Wireless Charging System Design for an On-Demand Shuttle Service

Conference · Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1261995

Meintz, Andrew; Doubleday, Kate; Markel, Tony

System right-sizing is critical to the implementation of in-motion wireless power transfer (WPT) for electric vehicles. This study evaluates potential system designs for an on-demand employee shuttle by determining the required battery size based on the rated power at a variable number of charging locations. Vehicle power and state of charge are simulated over the drive cycle, based on position and velocity data at every second from the existing shuttle. Adding just one WPT location can halve the battery size. Many configurations are capable of 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: 1261995
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-5400-66571
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the 2016 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC'16), 27-29 June 2016, Dearborn, Michigan
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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