Optimal Charging Infrastructure Design for Battery Electric Buses

PI: Xuegang (Jeff) Ban (UW), banx@uw.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-3605-971X

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022

STATUS: Completed

CATEGORIES: Optimization, Electric Vehicles, Electric Buses, Public Transportation, Transit, Infrastructure

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DESCRIPTION: The objective of this project is to develop models, methods, and procedures to determine the optimal locations of charging stations for BEBs and apply them in collaboration with transit agencies. The models and algorithms developed in this research need to integrate practical considerations and constraints such as the facilities and land (e.g., where the bus layover locations are) owned by transit agencies, the capacity of electricity grid networks, etc., calling for innovative modeling methods that are both mathematically rigorous and practically feasible. As local and regional transit agencies (e.g. King County Metro) are planning to procure and deploy BEBs, strategies for charging these buses are becoming more critical, which are yet to develop at transit agencies. This project can thus help these agencies to develop a reliable, efficient, and cost-effective BEB charging system while also generating novel academic research.

DELIVERABLE DUE DATE DATE RECEIVED
Research Project Progress Report #1 10/10/2021 10/11/2021
Research Project Progress Report #2 4/10/2022 4/22/2022
Research Project Progress Report #3 10/10/2022 N/A
Draft Report 6/15/2022 9/28/2022
Final Project Report 8/15/2022 2/27/2023