Battery Design for Successful Electrification in Public Transport

Susanne Rothgang, Matthias Rogge, Jan Becker and Dirk Uwe Sauer
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Susanne Rothgang: Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), RWTH Aachen University, Jägerstr. 17/19, 52066 Aachen, Germany
Matthias Rogge: Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), RWTH Aachen University, Jägerstr. 17/19, 52066 Aachen, Germany
Jan Becker: Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), RWTH Aachen University, Jägerstr. 17/19, 52066 Aachen, Germany
Dirk Uwe Sauer: Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), RWTH Aachen University, Jägerstr. 17/19, 52066 Aachen, Germany

Energies, 2015, vol. 8, issue 7, 1-23

Abstract: Public transport is an especially promising sector for full electric vehicles due to the high amount of cycles and predictable workload. This leads to a high amount of different vehicle concepts ranging from large batteries, designed for a full day of operation without charging, to fast-charging systems with charging power up to a few hundred kilowatts. Hence, many different issues have to be addressed in the whole design and production process regarding high-voltage (HV) batteries for buses. In this work, the design process for electric public buses is analyzed in detail, based on two systems developed by the research projects Smart Wheels/econnect and SEB eÖPNV. The complete development process starting, with the demand analysis and the operating scenario, including the charging routine, is discussed. This paper also features details on cell selection and cost estimations as well as technical details on the system layout, such as the management system and passive components as well as thermal management.

Keywords: batteries; electric vehicles; public transport; layout process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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