Automatic static charging of electric distribution vehicles using ERS technology
(2020) 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020 In 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020 p.1191-1196- Abstract
In order to electrify commercial distribution vehicles, an easy to use charging infrastructure with minimum driver interaction is needed, as managing time is essential to maximize profit for this type of vehicles. This paper proposes the use of a piece of a conductive Alternating Short-Segmented Electric Road System (ASSE) as an automatic charger for lightweight distribution vans. Since the ASSE is originally designed for dynamic charging, no additional equipment onboard the vehicle is required to charge from an ERS, should it be available as well. In order to analyze the performance of the system, a demonstrator of an ASSE automatic charger is installed at the depot of a logistics distribution company. Based on the measurements... (More)
In order to electrify commercial distribution vehicles, an easy to use charging infrastructure with minimum driver interaction is needed, as managing time is essential to maximize profit for this type of vehicles. This paper proposes the use of a piece of a conductive Alternating Short-Segmented Electric Road System (ASSE) as an automatic charger for lightweight distribution vans. Since the ASSE is originally designed for dynamic charging, no additional equipment onboard the vehicle is required to charge from an ERS, should it be available as well. In order to analyze the performance of the system, a demonstrator of an ASSE automatic charger is installed at the depot of a logistics distribution company. Based on the measurements conducted, the ASSE solution is compared to manual AC and DC charging, and automatic inductive charging with respect to efficiency and cost. The results of this comparison show that the cheapest solution is still manual AC charging, and the cost for automation drops if the cost for non-depot chargers can be shared by multiple vehicles.
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- author
- Abrahamsson, Philip
LU
; Wenander, David
LU
; Alakula, Mats
LU
; Marquez-Fernandez, Francisco J. LU
and Domingues-Olavarria, Gabriel LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- ASSE, charging, cost optimization, distribution vehicle, ERS
- host publication
- 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
- series title
- 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
- article number
- 9161573
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- conference name
- 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
- conference location
- Chicago, United States
- conference dates
- 2020-06-23 - 2020-06-26
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85096627428
- ISBN
- 9781728146294
- DOI
- 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161573
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 4c1ff149-37bb-4153-a406-b55777d430e1
- date added to LUP
- 2020-12-07 13:39:55
- date last changed
- 2022-10-24 07:37:09
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