Driver Attitude and Its Influence on the Energy Waste of Electric Buses

Perrotta, Deborah; Macedo, José Luiz; Rossetti, Rosaldo J. F.; Afonso, João L.; Kokkinogenis, Zafeiris; Ribeiro, Bernardo

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“…Higher average speeds, on the other hand, tend to reduce energy consumption 17 . Perrotta et al also concluded that an aggressive driver can contribute a 14% increase in energy consumption, 14 a finding supported by Lajune et al 13 Moreover, their study highlighted that rolling resistance, aerodynamic drag, and the weight of the bus also play a role in energy consumption.…”

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“…Another aspect that has a significant impact on energy consumption is aggressive driving. On this note, the study carried out by Perrotta et al, investigated how drivers' attitudes affect the energy waste of electric buses and found that aggressive driving resulted in 14% higher energy consumption during a route and wasted 32% more energy when braking 14 …”

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“…On this note, the study carried out by Perrotta et al, investigated how drivers' attitudes affect the energy waste of electric buses and found that aggressive driving resulted in 14% higher energy consumption during a route and wasted 32% more energy when braking. 14 Abdelaty et al examined BEB energy consumption by developing and comparing seven data-driven modeling techniques that incorporated both machine learning and statistical analysis. The models were developed using a Simulink energy simulation model, and the energy consumption ranges from 0.976 to 1.35 kWh/km, depending on the drive cycle.…”

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Techno‐economic study for the implementation of electric buses for sustainable urban and interurban transportation

Abdelouahed,

Berrada,

El Mrabet

2023

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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A cleaner transportation sector requires the implementation of a variety of measures, such as the use of electric vehicles. Electric mobility has seen increasing use in public transportation, even though it still faces significant challenges. Electric bus fleets require high‐performance batteries to minimize the cost and weight of the buses. This paper investigates the energy consumption of an electric bus in urban and interurban transit using two methods: forward‐facing and backward‐facing approaches. The obtained findings have shown that the energy consumption of a bus depends on the road and its characteristics, ranging between 0.98 and 1.39 kWh/km. Furthermore, a regenerative braking analysis has been performed, and it has been found that this factor plays a significant role in reducing energy consumption by 21%. Finally, a life cycle assessment and an environmental analysis have been conducted. The obtained results have shown that the total cost of ownership of the buses in this project will be around 1.76 $/km. The use of electric buses could eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions produced by public transportation in the investigated province.

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Abdelouahed,

Berrada,

El Mrabet

2023

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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“…And, the speed is again determined by the traffic flow and the manner a bus driver reacts on it. In this respect, changing the bus driver behaviour through eco-driving training can achieve significant amounts of fuel savings for buses amounting to 5-7% in Atlanta, USA (Xu et al 2017), 6.8% in Sweden (Strömberg and Karlsson 2013), 10-15% in Athens, Greece (Zarkadoula et al 2007) or 17% in Porto, Portugal (Perrotta et al 2014). Nevertheless, the actual eco-driving training effect also depends on the age and experience of a bus driver as found in the case of Lisbon, Portugal (Rolim et al 2014).…”

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The influence of passenger load, driving cycle, fuel price and different types of buses on the cost of transport service in the BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil

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This study analyses the influence of passenger load, driving cycle, fuel price and four different types of buses on the cost of transport service for one bus rapid transit (BRT) route in Curitiba, Brazil. First, the energy use is estimated for different passenger loads and driving cycles for a conventional bi-articulated bus (ConvBi), a hybrid-electric twoaxle bus (HybTw), a hybrid-electric articulated bus (HybAr) and a plug-in hybrid-electric two-axle bus (PlugTw). Then, the fuel cost and uncertainty are estimated considering the fuel price trends in the past. Based on this and additional cost data, replacement scenarios for the currently operated ConvBi fleet are determined using a techno-economic optimisation model. The lowest fuel cost ranges for the passenger load are estimated for PlugTw amounting to (0.198-0.289) USD/km, followed by (0.255-0.315) USD/km for HybTw, (0.298-0.375) USD/km for HybAr and (0.552-0.809) USD/km for ConvBi. In contrast, the coefficient of variation ( C v ) of the combined standard uncertainty is the highest for PlugTw ( C v : 15-17%) due to stronger sensitivity to varying bus driver behaviour, whereas it is the least for ConvBi ( C v : 8%). The scenario analysis shows that a complete replacement of the ConvBi fleet leads to considerable higher cost of transport service on the BRT route, amounting to an increase by 64% to 139%, depending on the bus fleet composition. Meanwhile, the service quality is improved resulting in 42% up to 64% less waiting time for passengers at a bus stop.

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“…traffic congestions, traffic accidents, closed road segments, power outages, etc. Simulator package SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility) [6] was selected by authors as an appropriate simulation tool for verifying various adjusted scenarios, since SUMO confirmed its successful applicability to problems connected with electromobility in many examples [5,8,9,10], and since SUMO supports open source philosophy, so the potential modification of the simulator is clearly realizable.…”

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A Vehicle Device Tailored for Hybrid Trolleybuses and Overhead Wires Implementation in SUMO

Sevcik¹,

Přikryl²

EPiC Series in Computing

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The electrification of transport is one of the key parts of the present aim to reduce undesirable vehicular emissions in the atmosphere. While the full electrification of personal vehicles is mostly associated with employing a big battery pack on the board and charging on (static) charging stations, another interesting possibility appears in the case of public transport -dynamic drawing of the power from overhead wires. Regarding vehicles moving on the road, this concept is used by trolleybuses or hybrid trolleybuses, i.e. vehicles combining power from the overhead wires and batteries.A replacement of classic buses (with a combustion engine) with (hybrid) trolleybuses is hardly possible without an appropriate adjustment of public transport lines and the necessary infrastructure. For this purpose, a simulation of the adjusted public transport service may be used to identify weaknesses of the proposed solution.This paper presents a new vehicle device and a new additional part of road infrastructure in SUMO. It introduces device.elecHybrid based on existing device.battery, extending its functionality and tailoring it for the needs of hybrid trolleybuses. In addition, overhead wires and traction substations are implemented. As the voltage and electric currents in the overhead wires depend on traffic, the overhead wire parameters are optionally evaluated by a built-in electric circuit solver using Kirchhoff's laws.The proposed changes allow us to simulate hybrid trolleybus in-motion charging under the overhead wire. The extensions can be immediately used in micro-simulations or even (in a simplified version) in the meso-simulation mode.

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Driver Attitude and Its Influence on the Energy Waste of Electric Buses

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Techno‐economic study for the implementation of electric buses for sustainable urban and interurban transportation

Techno‐economic study for the implementation of electric buses for sustainable urban and interurban transportation

The influence of passenger load, driving cycle, fuel price and different types of buses on the cost of transport service in the BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil

A Vehicle Device Tailored for Hybrid Trolleybuses and Overhead Wires Implementation in SUMO

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