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
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 |