Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System
Transportation is one of the largest single sources of air pollution in urban areas. This paper analyzes a model of solar-powered vehicle sharing system using building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), resulting in a zero-emission and zero-energy mobility system for last-mile employee transportation....
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| author | Manuel Fuentes Jesús Fraile-Ardanuy José L. Risco-Martín José M. Moya |
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| description | Transportation is one of the largest single sources of air pollution in urban areas. This paper analyzes a model of solar-powered vehicle sharing system using building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), resulting in a zero-emission and zero-energy mobility system for last-mile employee transportation. As a case study, an electric bicycle sharing system between a public transportation hub and a work center is modeled mathematically and optimized in order to minimize the number of pickup trips to satisfy the demand, while minimizing the total energy consumption of the system. The whole mobility system is fully powered with BIPV-generated energy. Results show a positive energy balance in e-bike batteries and pickup vehicle batteries in the worst day of the year regarding solar radiation. Even in this worst-case scenario, we achieve reuse rates of 3.8 people per bike, using actual data. The proposed system manages PV energy using only the batteries from the electric vehicles, without requiring supportive energy storage devices. Energy requirements and PV generation have been analyzed in detail to ensure the feasibility of this approach. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-11dbe4824be94eeb807d533708e3874e2025-02-05T00:00:01ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1687-529X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/86791838679183Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing SystemManuel Fuentes0Jesús Fraile-Ardanuy1José L. Risco-Martín2José M. Moya3Renewable Energy DivisionETSI TelecomunicaciónDACYAIntegrated Systems LaboratoryTransportation is one of the largest single sources of air pollution in urban areas. This paper analyzes a model of solar-powered vehicle sharing system using building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), resulting in a zero-emission and zero-energy mobility system for last-mile employee transportation. As a case study, an electric bicycle sharing system between a public transportation hub and a work center is modeled mathematically and optimized in order to minimize the number of pickup trips to satisfy the demand, while minimizing the total energy consumption of the system. The whole mobility system is fully powered with BIPV-generated energy. Results show a positive energy balance in e-bike batteries and pickup vehicle batteries in the worst day of the year regarding solar radiation. Even in this worst-case scenario, we achieve reuse rates of 3.8 people per bike, using actual data. The proposed system manages PV energy using only the batteries from the electric vehicles, without requiring supportive energy storage devices. Energy requirements and PV generation have been analyzed in detail to ensure the feasibility of this approach.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8679183 |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Fuentes Jesús Fraile-Ardanuy José L. Risco-Martín José M. Moya Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System |
| title_full | Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System |
| title_short | Feasibility Study of a Building-Integrated PV Manager to Power a Last-Mile Electric Vehicle Sharing System |
| title_sort | feasibility study of a building integrated pv manager to power a last mile electric vehicle sharing system |
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