Title: Simulations of all electric vehicles on fixed routes

Authors: Rafik Fainti; Antonia Nasiakou; Eleftherios Tsoukalas; Manolis Vavalis

Addresses: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Thessaly, Volos, 38221, Greece ' Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Thessaly, Volos, 38221, Greece ' Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Thessaly, Volos, 38221, Greece ' Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Thessaly, Volos, 38221, Greece

Abstract: This paper contains the design, the implementation and the preliminary experimentation of a simulation framework for investigating the effectiveness of battery powered vehicles under the assumption that they follow a route which is either predefined or its basic characteristics can be obtained at almost real time. In particular we would like to investigate the feasibility of all electric, battery only powered vehicles whose batteries are charged at appropriately located renewable energy sources. We have developed our web based, open software simulation platform by utilising and extending GridLAB-D, a power system modelling and simulation environment, and by incorporating data from various sources. Results from preliminary simulations of real life scenarios are presented and analysed.

Keywords: battery powered vehicles; load management; simulation; electric vehicles; fixed routes; simulation; GridLAB-D; renewable energy sources; power system modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEHV.2013.059360

International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, 2013 Vol.5 No.4, pp.296 - 316

Received: 24 Jun 2013
Accepted: 22 Jul 2013
Published online: 18 Feb 2014 *

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