Electric Bus Systems

Qin, Nan; Brooker, Paul; Raissi, Ali

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Electric Bus Systems

2017-04-01
By Qin, Nan ; Brooker, Paul ; Raissi, Ali

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Alternative Title:

EVTC project 14 - electric vehicle bus systems.
Creators:

Qin, Nan ; Brooker, Paul ; Raissi, Ali
Corporate Creators:

University of Central Florida. Electric Vehicle Transportation Center (EVTC)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.) ; Florida Solar Energy Center
Subject/TRT Terms:

Bus Transit Bus Transit Operations Electric Buses Electric Vehicle Charging Fleet Management Operating Costs Vehicle Maintenance
Publication/ Report Number:

FSEC-CR-2060-17
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States ; Florida
Corporate Publisher:

University of Central Florida. Electric Vehicle Transportation Center (EVTC)
Abstract:

Pure electric buses (EBs) offer an alternative fuel for the nation’s transit bus systems. To evaluate EBs in a transit setting, this project investigated the five electric bus fleet of the StarMetro transit system of the city of Tallahassee, FL. For the study, the implementing strategy, route distances and timings, charging times, fuel economies, impact of chargers, and maintenance and operational characteristics were analyzed. The results were compared to a baseline five diesel bus fleet. The results showed that even with a four-fold improvement in fuel efficiency, the operational costs of electric buses were only 10% lower than that for diesel buses. The results showed that for EBs, the electricity cost due to demand charges was identified to be a major contributor to the electricity cost. To mitigate the high demand charges, researchers developed a method that can reduce the demand charge by optimizing the charging strategy. By using the optimized charging schedule, the demand charges can be reduced by up to 45%.
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PDF
Funding:

DTRT13-G-UTC51
Collection(s):

University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:c2eeb55aa862327a5cf78b6f5606834b35caa271871f14ecd88b61c59bc51d6b
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32269/dot_32269_DS1.pdf
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