Robust planning of dynamic wireless charging infrastructure for battery electric buses
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2017
Subject Area
mode - bus, place - urban, technology - alternative fuels, technology - emissions
Keywords
Battery electric bus, Dynamic wireless power transfer, Wireless charging, System optimization, Robust optimization, Affinely adjustable robust counterpart
Abstract
Battery electric buses with zero tailpipe emissions have great potential in improving environmental sustainability and livability of urban areas. However, the problems of high cost and limited range associated with on-board batteries have substantially limited the popularity of battery electric buses. The technology of dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT), which provides bus operators with the ability to charge buses while in motion, may be able to effectively alleviate the drawbacks of electric buses. In this paper, we address the problem of simultaneously selecting the optimal location of the DWPT facilities and designing the optimal battery sizes of electric buses for a DWPT electric bus system. The problem is first constructed as a deterministic model in which the uncertainty of energy consumption and travel time of electric buses is ignored. The methodology of robust optimization (RO) is then adopted to address the uncertainty of energy consumption and travel time. The affinely adjustable robust counterpart (AARC) of the deterministic model is developed, and its equivalent tractable mathematical programming is derived. Both the deterministic model and the robust model are demonstrated with a real-world bus system. The results demonstrate that the proposed deterministic model can effectively determine the allocation of DWPT facilities and the battery sizes of electric buses for a DWPT electric bus system; and the robust model can further provide optimal designs that are robust against the uncertainty of energy consumption and travel time for electric buses.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Liu, Z., & Song, Z. (2017). Robust planning of dynamic wireless charging infrastructure for battery electric buses. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 83, pp. 77-103.
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