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Development and Performance Evaluation of Advanced Electric Bus Transportation System
- Source :
- World Electric Vehicle Journal, Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 349-356
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2015.
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Abstract
- Electric buses have superior environmental performance because they emit no CO2 and other exhaust gases while driving. However, in terms of more popularization of electric buses, it is essential to improve battery performance and realize user-friendliness of charging. To resolve these issues, a concept “short range running and frequent charging” was formulated. Under this approach, the authors have studied methods of greatly reducing the amount of large, heavy, and expensive battery. Research on non-contact inductive power supply (IPS) system has also been conducted as a way of improving charging convenience. A longterm operation test of electric buses was performed in Nagano prefecture as part of a project organized by the Japan Ministry of the Environment from 2011 to 2014. For this project the short-range frequentcharging type electric buses, “Waseda Electric Buses (WEBs)” were developed and tested on public roads to make clear the environmental performance and energy costs. WEB-3, one of the test vehicles, was driven for 41,724 km without any major problems and had advantages to reduce 28 - 42 % of CO2 emissions and 57 – 64 % of energy costs, compared to conventional diesel buses. And it was estimated on Matlab simulation model that total energy consumption could be reduced by 11 % with vehicle weight reduction, modifications of drivetrain and other components.
- Subjects :
- Battery (electricity)
Engineering
Electric bus
energy management
Energy management
business.industry
Drivetrain
Automotive engineering
Power (physics)
Diesel fuel
EV and HV systems
test on public roads
electric bus
Range (aeronautics)
Automotive Engineering
motor drive system
business
Energy (signal processing)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20326653
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Electric Vehicle Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....706fb71d9dc214a4b65d88d85a37eb88
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj7030349