TY - GEN
T1 - Automatic static charging of electric distribution vehicles using ERS technology
AU - Abrahamsson, Philip
AU - Wenander, David
AU - Alakula, Mats
AU - Marquez-Fernandez, Francisco J.
AU - Domingues-Olavarria, Gabriel
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In order to electrify commercial distribution vehicles, an easy to use charging infrastructure with minimum driver interaction is needed, as managing time is essential to maximize profit for this type of vehicles. This paper proposes the use of a piece of a conductive Alternating Short-Segmented Electric Road System (ASSE) as an automatic charger for lightweight distribution vans. Since the ASSE is originally designed for dynamic charging, no additional equipment onboard the vehicle is required to charge from an ERS, should it be available as well. In order to analyze the performance of the system, a demonstrator of an ASSE automatic charger is installed at the depot of a logistics distribution company. Based on the measurements conducted, the ASSE solution is compared to manual AC and DC charging, and automatic inductive charging with respect to efficiency and cost. The results of this comparison show that the cheapest solution is still manual AC charging, and the cost for automation drops if the cost for non-depot chargers can be shared by multiple vehicles.
AB - In order to electrify commercial distribution vehicles, an easy to use charging infrastructure with minimum driver interaction is needed, as managing time is essential to maximize profit for this type of vehicles. This paper proposes the use of a piece of a conductive Alternating Short-Segmented Electric Road System (ASSE) as an automatic charger for lightweight distribution vans. Since the ASSE is originally designed for dynamic charging, no additional equipment onboard the vehicle is required to charge from an ERS, should it be available as well. In order to analyze the performance of the system, a demonstrator of an ASSE automatic charger is installed at the depot of a logistics distribution company. Based on the measurements conducted, the ASSE solution is compared to manual AC and DC charging, and automatic inductive charging with respect to efficiency and cost. The results of this comparison show that the cheapest solution is still manual AC charging, and the cost for automation drops if the cost for non-depot chargers can be shared by multiple vehicles.
KW - ASSE
KW - charging
KW - cost optimization
KW - distribution vehicle
KW - ERS
U2 - 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161573
DO - 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161573
M3 - Paper in conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85096627428
T3 - 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
SP - 1191
EP - 1196
BT - 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
PB - IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020
Y2 - 23 June 2020 through 26 June 2020
ER -