Sustainable transport system using renewable energy and efficient electric vehicles

Redgate, J; Al‐Habaibeh, Amin; Williams, Annie; Kansara, M.

doi:10.2495/ut060041

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 4 publications

(1 reference statement)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…They provided the whole approach of a transportation system in their research study: a sustainable transport system employing renewable energy and efficient electric automobiles [12]. The paper described a novel approach for optimizing the efficiency of induction motor drives, reported on practical evaluations of an electric vehicle drive under controlled laboratory conditions, and related the application of renewable sources of electrical energy to the transportation sector.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Electric Vehicle-Dependent Strategy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Transport System

Eticha,

Emagnu

2023

Modelling and Simulation in Engineering

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper assesses the transport system of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, taking factors such as the number of vehicles, roadway width, speed of vehicles, longitudinal grade, and proportion of both fuel and electrical vehicles by dividing vehicles into seven classes, namely, car, minibus, small bus, coach, small truck, heavy truck, and truck trailer, to determine CO2 emission, CO emission fuel consumption, and electric consumption in addition to the percent to replace ICE vehicles. After selecting eight representative road sections in Addis Ababa city, input data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. Simulation of urban mobility (SUMO) is used to model the existing road transport system and two other scenarios, cases being 20% and 40% replacement of internal combustion engine vehicles by electric vehicles. Among the vehicle types studied under this paper, the SUMO results show that coaches are with the highest CO2 emission, releasing an average amount of 28.442 grams of CO2 every time step, while cars are with the lowest CO2 emission value of 6.542 grams. Minibuses are the top CO emitters, releasing an average of 0.420 grams of CO every time step, and truck trailers emit the smallest CO emission, 0.025 grams. Regarding electric consumption, the truck trailer is the vehicle type with the highest electric consumption, with a value of 2.282 kwh (watthour) consumption every time step, and cars are the least electricity-consuming vehicles, with a value of 0.151 kwh. The fourth point is fuel consumption; besides the high CO2 emission, coaches’ consumption of fuel is leading by 8.946 grams, and cars use 2.087 grams of fuel every time step. Totally, public transport vehicles are responsible for higher emissions and huge fuel consumption. Therefore, if our transport system encourages the penetration of electric vehicles into the road transport system, a healthy and energy-efficient environment is reserved. Again, from a financial and environmental standpoint, the replacement of 40% of ICE vehicles by EVs enhances us with reduced costs and a green environment.

show abstract

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%