Virtual Simulation of Electric Bus Fleets for City Bus Transport Electrification Planning

City bus transport electrification has a strong potential of improving city air quality, reducing noise pollution and increasing passenger satisfaction. Since the city bus operation is rather deterministic and intermittent, the driving range- and charging-related concerns may be effectively overcome...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 13; p. 3410
Main Authors Topić, Jakov, Soldo, Jure, Maletić, Filip, Škugor, Branimir, Deur, Joško
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2020
Subjects
Air pollution
Air quality
Buses
Buses (vehicles)
Charging
Cities
city bus transport
Computer simulation
control
Decision making
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Electrification
Infrastructure
Maintenance costs
Noise pollution
Noise reduction
Passenger satisfaction
planning
Pollutants
Pollution control
Powertrain
Simulation
software tool
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Summary:City bus transport electrification has a strong potential of improving city air quality, reducing noise pollution and increasing passenger satisfaction. Since the city bus operation is rather deterministic and intermittent, the driving range- and charging-related concerns may be effectively overcome by means of fast charging at end stations and/or slow charging in depot. In order to support decision making processes, a simulation tool for planning of city bus transport electrification has been developed and it is presented in this paper. The tool is designed to use real/recorded driving cycles and techno-economic data, in order to calculate the optimal type and number of e-buses and chargers, and predict the total cost of ownership including investment and exploitation cost. The paper focuses on computationally efficient e-bus fleet simulation including powertrain control and charging management aspects, which is illustrated through main results of a pilot study of bus transport electrification planning for the city of Dubrovnik.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en13133410