Charging Infrastructures for Electrified Buses

MSc - thesis of Rakesh Ghiraw  

A feasibility study is performed to determine if a overnight charging system, opportunity charging system or flash charging system can be implemented in the city of Arnhem. First the energy consumption is estimated by taking into account route and temperature variations. This is used to estimate the number of buses overnight charging system would need. Next the system is expanded to a opportunity charging system where the location of chargers, the number of chargers and the charge power are evaluated. Also, strategies for extreme weather conditions are evaluated. Next the system is further expanded into a flash charging system to evaluate charge power with the addition of more chargers. Finally a preliminary cost analysis is performed.