Optimal deployment of dynamic wireless charging facilities for electric bus route considering stochastic travel times
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Abstract
Installing dynamic wireless charging (DWC) facilities on dedicated bus lanes endows electric buses (EBs) with the ability to charge while in motion, effectively overcoming the limitations of short driving ranges. However, if the facilities are deployed along the entire EB route, it would incur significant economic costs and result in resource wastage. In this study, we divide the EB route into segments including station segments, intersection segments, and elementary segments of road section. The fluctuations in travel times of different trips on these segments are described. To optimize the DWC deployment plan, a chance constraint programming model is established with the objective of minimizing the costs of purchasing power transmitters and inverters. A combined algorithm using stochastic simulation and particle swarm optimization is designed to solve the model. A real EB route is used to conduct the case study, and results indicate that it is more suitable to deploy DWC facilities in adjacent elementary segments of road section compared to individually distributed station segments or intersection segments. Additionally, as wireless charging power or battery capacity increases, the number of required inverters and the length of power transmitters decrease, resulting in a nonlinear decrease in the deployment costs of charging facilities.
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 129873 |
Journal | Energy : the international journal |
Volume | 289 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2024 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-5719-4198/work/171066104 |
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Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Modeling and Simulation
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Building and Construction
- Fuel Technology
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Pollution
- Mechanical Engineering
- General Energy
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Chance constraint programming, Charging facility deployment, Dynamic wireless charging, Electric bus, Stochastic travel time