Studies of Energy Consumption by a City Bus Powered by a Hybrid Energy Storage System in Variable Road Conditions

The preference and the development of electromobility are included among the priorities of transport policies in many European countries. This article deals with the issue of electric vehicle operation from the point of view of the environmental impact of electric power production, specifically the energy effectiveness of its production by utilizing primary power production sources. Differences in the effectiveness of the conversion of mixed forms of energy into electricity and their share in the process directly affect the final level of greenhouse gases (GHG) production, and thus the ecological footprint of electric vehicle operations. The specification of energy consumption and GHG production is based on the principles of the EN 16 258: 2012 standard, which considers legislative-regulated power plant effectiveness values, statistical values of GHG emissions from electricity production, and real energy consumption values of an electric vehicle fleet. The calculation takes into account the share of primary sources and the efficiency of electricity production and effectiveness of electricity distribution in each of the evaluated countries. The specific research study is performed by comparing measured parameters for individual countries chosen from the Central Europe region. The results of the study show that the quantification of the positive environmental consequences of increasing electromobility varies greatly in different countries, which means full-scale deployment of electromobility does necessarily deliver the sustainability of transport that was expected from it.

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“…Global caused by GHG. They are emitted by many anthropological activities like industrial and transport activities [5][6][7].…”

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Impact of the Electric Mobility Implementation on the Greenhouse Gases Production in Central European Countries

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“…Note further that this energy-only analysis does not touch on the availability of rare earth metals and other materials needed to produce the amounts of BEVs needed for mass electrification, material in little demand by bicycles and walking shoes.) Hydrogen cars fare worse than BEVs on energy intensity metrics, falling somewhere between BEVs and ICE vehicles [24,25]. In anything approaching a post-Anthropocene world, cars will require commutes so short that other uses of transportation are better suited even if one considers factors other than energy intensity.…”

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“…Electric buses are indeed less energy-intensive than diesel buses. Electric urban transit buses consume between 0.18 and 0.4 MJ per passenger per km, depending on the analysis used [24,29]. I will use an average figure of 0.29 MJ per passenger per km.…”

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Energy Intensity and Human Mobility after the Anthropocene

Mohorčich

2020

Sustainability

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After the Anthropocene, human settlements will likely have less available energy to move people and things. This paper considers the feasibility of five modes of transportation under two energy-constrained scenarios. It analyzes the effects transportation mode choice is likely to have on the size of post-Anthropocene human settlements, as well as the role speed and energy play in such considerations. I find that cars, including battery-electric cars, are not feasible under a highly energy-constrained scenario, that buses, metros, and walking are feasible but will limit human settlement size, and that cycling is likely the only mode of transportation that would make suburbs possible in an energy-constrained post-Anthropocene scenario.Past a certain threshold of energy consumption, the transportation industry dictates the configuration of social space.-Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity Sustainability

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“…Global warming and air pollution are largely caused by GHG [4]. They are emitted by many anthropological activities like industrial and transport activities [5]. The producers of vehicles for public transport introduced electric and hybrid vehicles that minimize the use of combustion engines and its negative effects on environment by integrating them with electric motors [6].…”

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Charging electric cars as a way to increase the use of energy produced from RES

2020

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AbstractThe article contains an analysis of charging electric cars as a way to increase the use of energy produced from a photovoltaic system. A photovoltaic system is described, consisting of two micro installations, with a power output of up to 40 kWp each, supplying two sectors of the building of the Lublin Science and Technology Park. An internet platform for monitoring the operation of a photovoltaic system is presented. Next, an innovative system for monitoring, consumption and production analysis of electric energy in individual building sectors is described. A surplus of energy produced in one of the sectors was found. It was proposed that this excess energy would be used to charge electric vehicles. An analysis of the surplus power generated by the photovoltaic system in excess of the energy consumed by the building sector was used to determine the power available to the wall charger. The surplus of energy produced was used for calculations related to the amount of charging the electric vehicle required and the cost of traveling 100 km. Charging an electric car not only provides a faster return on investment in the installation, but also presents drivers with a very ecological and economical transport solution.

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Studies of Energy Consumption by a City Bus Powered by a Hybrid Energy Storage System in Variable Road Conditions

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Impact of the Electric Mobility Implementation on the Greenhouse Gases Production in Central European Countries

Impact of the Electric Mobility Implementation on the Greenhouse Gases Production in Central European Countries

Energy Intensity and Human Mobility after the Anthropocene

Charging electric cars as a way to increase the use of energy produced from RES

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