Exploring design scenarios for large-scale implementation of electric vehicles; the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol case

Silvester, S.; Beella, S.K.; Timmeren, Arjan van; Bauer, Pavol; Quist, Jaco; Dijk, Stephan van

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.053

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“…Nevertheless, this type of organization is clearly under-researched and undertheorized in the literature on environmental management. Overall, with the exception of a few rather technical studies (e.g., Budd et al 2011;Pitt and Smith 2003;Postorino and Mantecchini 2014;Silvester et al 2013) and more general studies on air transport sustainability (e.g., Budd et al 2013;Daley 2012;Upham et al 2003), the greening of airport practices has not been studied in depth in the academic literature and is mostly focused on large organizations. The paper therefore also contributes to the emergent literature on the greening of air transport organizations.…”

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Greening Remote SMEs: The Case of Small Regional Airports

Boiral¹,

Ebrahimi

Kuyken

et al. 2017

J Bus Ethics

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The objective of this paper is to explore, through a qualitative study of small regional airports, how sustainability issues are taken into account in remote small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on 42 semi-structured interviews conducted with managers of small regional Canadian airports and experts in this area, this study shows the quasi-absence of specific measures for sustainability, despite the seriousness of environmental issues, which tend to be subordinated to economic priorities and operational activities. The paper contributes to the literature on sustainability in SMEs by focusing on passive organizations located in remote areas and the complex reasons underlying their lack or absence of environmental commitment. The paper sheds more light on the essential role of stakeholders in providing the resources and skills necessary for the development of sustainability initiatives in passive SMEs. The study's managerial contributions and implications for stakeholders are also discussed.

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Greening Remote SMEs: The Case of Small Regional Airports

Boiral¹,

Ebrahimi

Kuyken

et al. 2017

J Bus Ethics

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“…Fueled by the thrust for green energy resources, proliferation of new energy consumers like electric vehicles (EV), all electric houses and heat pumps has changed the localized energy consumption patterns and increased the expected power demand from grid infrastructure [1,2]. Charging modern electric cars at once during a specific time of the day may induce temporary and localized power deficits [3,4].…”

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Grid capacity and efficiency enhancement by operating medium voltage AC cables as DC links with modular multilevel converters

Shekhar

Kontos

Ramírez-Elizondo

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International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

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a b s t r a c tIt is anticipated that with the thrust towards use of clean energy resources such as electric vehicles, future distribution grids will face a steep increase in power demand, forcing the utility operators to invest in enhancing the power delivering capacity of the grid infrastructure. It is identified that the critical 5-20 km medium voltage (MV) underground ac distribution cable link, responsible for bulk power delivery to the inner urban city substation, can benefit the most with capacity and efficiency enhancement, if the existing infrastructure is reused and operated under dc. Quantification of the same is offered in this paper by incorporating all influencing factors like voltage regulation, dc voltage rating enhancement, capacitive leakage currents, skin and magnetic proximity effect, thermal proximity effect and load power factor. Results are presented for three different ac and dc system topologies for varying cable lengths and conductor cross-sections. The computed system efficiency is enhanced with use of modular multilevel converters that have lower losses due to lower switching frequency. A justified expectation of 50-60% capacity gains is proved along with a generalized insight on its variations that can be extrapolated for different network parameters and configurations. Conditions for achieving payback time of 5 years or lower due to energy savings are identified, while the socio-economic benefits of avoiding digging and installing new cable infrastructure are highlighted. The technical implications of refurbishing cables designed for ac to operate under dc conditions is discussed in terms of imposed electric fields, thermal profile and lifetime. A novel opportunity of temperature dependent dynamic dc voltage rating to achieve additional capacity and efficiency gains is presented.

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“…There is an increasing reliance on electrical power to carter for the energy needs of the society [1], [2]. This trend has put pressure on the utility grid infrastructure, particularly at critical locations at medium voltage level as illustrated in Fig.…”

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AC distribution grid reconfiguration using flexible DC link architecture for increasing power delivery capacity during (n-1) contingency

Shekhar

Kontos

Ramírez-Elizondo

et al. 2017

2017 IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC)

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A practical issue faced by today's ac grid is the rapidly growing power demand on its aging infrastructure. One possibility to maximize the capacity of the existing infrastructure is to refurbish the ac links to operate under dc conditions using modular multilevel converters. In this paper, the idea is applied to restructure an actual medium voltage distribution system. Further, a systematic reconfiguration strategy is proposed to maintain high power delivery capacity even during (n-1) contingency. Contingency analysis is carried out for faults in different system components of the distribution grid. Towards this goal, novel concepts such as reconfigurable switch, dc link converter bypass and flexible dc to ac operational transition are proposed.

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Exploring design scenarios for large-scale implementation of electric vehicles; the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol case

Cited by 50 publications

References 9 publications

Greening Remote SMEs: The Case of Small Regional Airports

Greening Remote SMEs: The Case of Small Regional Airports

Grid capacity and efficiency enhancement by operating medium voltage AC cables as DC links with modular multilevel converters

AC distribution grid reconfiguration using flexible DC link architecture for increasing power delivery capacity during (n-1) contingency

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