Battery electric buses charging schedule optimization considering time-of-use electricity price

• Published in: Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 138 - 145
• Main Authors: He, Jia, Yan, Na, Zhang, Jian, Yu, Yang, Wang, Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 17.05.2022; Emerald Group Publishing Limited; Tsinghua University Press
• Subjects: battery electric bus; Buses; Buses (vehicles); charging schedule; Costs; Electric vehicle charging; Electricity; Electricity distribution; Energy consumption; Genetic algorithms; Integer programming; Linear programming; Mixed integer; mixed-integer linear programming; Optimization; Public transportation; Schedules; Time of use electricity pricing; time-of-use electricity price; Traffic congestion; Battery electric bus; Time-of-use electricity price; Charging schedule; Mixed-integer linear programming

Purpose This paper aims to optimize the charging schedule for battery electric buses (BEBs) to minimize the charging cost considering the time-of-use electricity price. Design/methodology/approach The BEBs charging schedule optimization problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming mod...