Electric bus charging station location optimization considering queues
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2023-03
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The transition to new forms of urban transport, which are environment friendly, efficient, and cost-effective has become a pressing issue of modern times. Battery electric buses are being deployed worldwide, marking a change in public transport planning and operations. The emergence of fast and ultra-fast wireless charging for electric buses has brought about the need for new planning processes and associated decision-support models for their deployment. The objective of this paper is the development of a model for optimally locating fast wireless chargers in an electric bus network, which considers delays of buses queuing for opportunity charging at charger locations. An integer linear programming model is formulated for that purpose: the model minimizes the investment cost for deploying opportunity charging facilities. An M/M/1 queuing model is employed to incorporate bus queuing considerations at terminal charging locations. The proposed model is demonstrated to a benchmark instance and results are discussed.
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12 (1)
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291 - 300
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Multi-Science Publishing
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Battery electric bus; Wireless charger; Charging delays; Opportunity charging
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08686 - Gruppe Strassenverkehrstechnik
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG